The Boy with the Big Black Dog

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The Boy with the Big Black Dog

1986

1h 19m

4.0(1 votes)

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Overview

A little boy tries to keep a huge Newfoundland dog in his family's apartment.

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19 members

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Niels Anschütz

Ulf

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Miriam Knabe

Sabine

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Kurt Böwe

Oscar

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Dagmar Manzel

Ulfs Mutter

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Horst Hiemer

Ulfs Vater

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Jana Blunert

Bianca

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Rita Feldmeier

Frau Schmiedel

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Sabrina Haseloff

Ilsi Tetzlaff

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Michael Klobe

Fotograf

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Wolfgang Krone

Paul

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Roland Kuchenbuch

Herr Kraft

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Andrea Meissner

Sabines Mutter

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Marliese Mirkoff

Frau Tetzlaff

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Peter Pauli

Herr Schmidtchen

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Janine Pozinski

Zwilling

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Jeanette Pozinski

Zwilling

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Annette Richter

junge hübsche Frau

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Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

Sabines Vater

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Gerhard Schöne

Herr Schöne

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