In 1966, a former gymnast returns to his hometown Danzig, which is now a part of Poland. He begins to reflect on one of his classmates, Joachim Mahlke, who disappeared during World War II. Mahlke was initially marked as an outsider due to his oversized Adam’s apple, but when he turned out to be a great diver, the in-crowd embraced him. Then he steals a Knight’s Cross from a soldier and is expelled from school. Volunteering for war service, he earns a medal himself and hopes his reputation will be rehabilitated. But the school principal refuses and Mahlke deserts from the army…
Directed by Hansjürgen Pohland
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Cast
Peter Brandt
Joachim Mahlke (older)
Wolfgang Neuss
Pilenz
Herbert Weißbach
Klohse
Claudia Bremer
Tulla
Michael Hinz
Jagdflieger
Helmut Kircher
Captain Lieutenant
Ingrid van Bergen
Mahlkes Tante
Lars Brandt
Joachim Mahlke (younger)
Hans-Peter Brandes
Esch
Wolf-Ruediger Knoche
Kupka
Klaus Langeheinecke
Buschmann
Mathias Wagner
Winter
Wolfgang Zeller
Schiller
Christof Arnold
Sonntag
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