How I Taught Myself to Be a Child
Paul Silberstein, youngest son of an urbane but deeply strange old Austrian dynasty of confectionery millionaires, discovers the power of love and humor - and also his own extraordinary ability to shape his realities. Based on the motives of the short story with the same name by André Heller.
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Karl Markovics
Roman Silberstein
Sabine Timoteo
Emma Silberstein
André Wilms
Uncle Louis
Valentin Hagg
Paul Silberstein
Udo Samel
Tibor Silberstein
Harald Schrott
Pater Mokloszi
Stefan Puntigam
Pater Hornik
Christian Schiesser
Zuckerlfabriksarbeiter
Nikolaas Von Schrader
Johannes Silberstein
Katharina Farnleitner
Erna
Miriam Fontaine
Fabriksangestellte
Mario Canedo
Seyss
Markus Freistätter
Werkowitsch
Andreas Simma
Herr Dvorak
Emanuel Fellmer
Andrak
Erhard Hartmann
Ministerialbeamter
Sarah Scherer
Frau Zeidler
Christoph Stocker
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