The turmoil of the last days of the war. 13-year-old Tom loses his mother while on the run. In Vienna he meets the one-legged black marketeer 'Krücke' - a sly, cunning survivalist and at the same time an adorable, kind friend. The two find shelter with Bronka, a Jewish woman who serves alcohol to Allied soldiers and black marketeers. Tom and Krücke settle into this insecure world. Krücke plays the saxophone, Tom waits tables, until one day a return to Germany becomes possible. But the train that the one-legged man and the boy board is stranded in no man's land...

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Cast

Heinz Hoenig

Krücke

Martina Gedeck

Bronka

Peter Simonischek

Ferdi

Florian Martens

Transportleiter

Michael Kind

1. Soldat

Kirsten Block

Eva

Erwin Leder

Betrunkener

Johannes Silberschneider

Bauer

Paulus Manker

Fremder

Susanne Lüning