The Master Butcher

2019 | 176 minutes | 8.0 ★ (13)

The Master Butcher
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    After his return from World War I, there is no more work for Fidelis in his parents' butcher shop in Swabia, Germany. To make a better life for himself and Eva, the former fiancée of a friend who fell in battle, he emigrates to Argus, a town in North Dakota, in the United States. The artist Delphine, in whom Eva will find a friend, also moves there. To relieve Eva's homesickness, Fidelis founds a singing club.

  • Release Date

    27 December 2019

  • DirectingUli Edel
  • Budget

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    $0.00

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