Max und siebeneinhalb Jungen

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Peter Sturm Max

Wolfgang Winkler Cornelias Vater

Katrin Martin Lehrerin Fräulein Zahn

Carmen-Maja Antoni Postangestellte

May-Britt Fechner Cornelia