Max und siebeneinhalb Jungen (1980)

9.0/10 • 89 min • Adventure Family

Overview

Max Stricker, an old anti-fascist, informs a class of eighth graders before their planned visit to the former concentration camp in Buchenwald. But the boys and girls are not very interested in Max′s lecture and instead stop his lecture with their constant interferences. On the trip to Buchenwald, the class roughnecks around wannabe hoodlum King also want to cause trouble. Thus, a small group of pupils secretly leaves the train before it arrives. Max notices the runaways, follows them, and offers them a bet: He challenges them to get to Weimar on their own, with only five Marks left.

Cast

Peter Sturm

Max

Wolfgang Winkler

Cornelias Vater

Katrin Martin

Lehrerin Fräulein Zahn

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Postangestellte

Wolfgang Dehler

LKW Fahrer

Heide Kipp

Designerin

Wolfgang Greese

Wachtmeister

Waltraut Kramm

Gemeindeschwester

Marie-Anne Fliegel

Cornelias Mutter

Ernst-Georg Schwill

Schlosser

Angela Brunner

Dickliche Frau

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