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Childhood

Alfons lives with his grandparents on a Silesian village farm at the end of WWII. He adores his grandmother, who runs everything after her husband dies. But everything changes after the appearance of a traveling showman in the xenophobic village.

1h 28m1987TMDb 6.5

DramaFamily

German

Crew and Cast

Siegfried KühnDirectorCarmen-Maja AntoniCarmen-Maja AntoniGroßmutter
Marc PoserAlfons · 9 Jahre
Fritz MarquardtNardini
Helmut Müller-LankowGroßvaterMartina Eitner-AcheampongMartina Eitner-AcheampongTante MiekeRenate UskoRenate UskoMagd KatrinHeide KippHeide KippCielchenGünter JunghansGünter JunghansRiedelHermann BeyerHermann BeyerSchräter
Waldemar BaegerPoatty-HempelAngelika BöttigerAngelika BöttigerAndrzej PieczyńskiAndrzej Pieczyński
Klaus BieligkCarl Heinz ChoynskiCarl Heinz ChoynskiWerner DisselWerner DisselLehrer
Peter Kalisch

Storyline

Alfons lives with his grandparents on a Silesian village farm at the end of WWII. He adores his grandmother, who runs everything after her husband dies. But everything changes after the appearance of a traveling showman in the xenophobic village.

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Info

Original title
Kindheit
Status
Released
Released
25 August 1987
Runtime
1h 28m
TMDB score
6.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Production

Director
Siegfried Kühn
Writers
Siegfried Kühn
Studios
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
East Germany, Germany

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German