At nine, Miroslav flees the Eastern Front alone after his mother’s disappearance. In postwar Germany, the Czech boy drifts between zones, lands in reform schools and prisons, and suffers a crippling accident. Rejected by society and facing deportation, he joins Berlin’s underworld, is arrested for murder, and confronts whether society or he is to blame.

Cast

Gerhard Acktun

Miroslav als Jugendlicher

Matthias Habich

Miroslav als Erwachsener

Maria Körber

Mutter

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Hauptmann

Heinz Weiss

Vater

Gertraud Jesserer

Anneliese Uhlig