Completed - GERMAN - Historical, First film, Drama - 104 minutes
A movie based on true stories, about the merciless fight of a boy to save the last bit of humanity and dignity in an oppressive system of society.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Marc BRUMMUND Writer(s) : Marc BRUMMUND, Nicole ARMBRUSTER Cast : Alexander HELD, Stefan GROSSMANN, Max RIEMELT, Louis HOFMANN Producer(s) : Stefan SPORBERT (Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion), Rüdiger HEINZE (Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion)
May 1968: Rolling Stones, bell-bottoms, mini-skirts, sexual revolution, protests against the Vietnam War… While Germany sets off for a new era of freedom, rebellious fourteen-year-old Wolfgang gets sent to Freistatt, a foster home for difficult children. There he shall be “educated” to become a decent boy. Wolfgang puts up a determined resistance against the brutal working conditions and the perfidious education methods of the wardens; he doesn’t allow them to get him down. But for how long can he manage to resist the system of violence and oppression without brutalising himself?A movie based on true stories, about the merciless fight of a boy to save the last bit of humanity and dignity in an oppressive system of society.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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Gent World Soundtrack 2015Festival Max-Ophüls-Preis Saarbrücken 2015 (Competition, Audience Award, Youth Jury Award, German Screenplay Award (Golden Lola))