When their home in Munich is bombed during World War II, Anna and her son Felix seek sanctuary in Anna’s childhood village in Bavaria. Her neighbour, Feik, was Anna’s old schoolfriend and is now a loyal Nazi, the local bigwig who keeps the whole village in line. Anna has a tough time fitting in and playing a convincing Nazi. Felix, though, feels increasingly drawn to his new friends Karri, Martha and Tofan, and Feik’s speeches also impress him. As a city boy he wants to fit in – at any cost! When Feik informs Anna and Felix that her husband and his father Bernd are dead, they are devastated. While Anna mourns and secretly blames the Nazis for their deaths, Felix experiences what it means to be the son of a fallen hero. Suddenly he belongs, suddenly he is somebody in the village! Then one day, while playing with his friends in a sawmill, the boys discover a deserter. They all agree: the man must be reported. What Felix doesn’t know, however, is the true identity of the man.
The film is based on the childhood memories of the scriptwriter Josef Einwanger.
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Festival Appearances
SCHLINGEL International Film Festival 2020
CineKid Festival Amsterdam 2020
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Christian Lerch
Christian Lerch was born in 1966 in Wasserburg am Inn. He graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. There followed theatrical engagements at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Stadttheater Heilbronn, Munich’s Volkstheater and the Munich Kammerspiele. Since 1998 he’s been a freelance actor for, among others, the Bavarian Staatsschauspiel and at the same time an author and scriptwriter. In 2007 he won the German Film Award for Best Script Wer Früher Stirbt Ist Länger Tot (2006), together with co-writer Marcus H. Rosenmüller.
Thu, 3 Nov | 11:00 am | Picture Time 1
