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Childhood

6.519871h 28mMovieDramaFamily

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.

DirectorSiegfried Kühn
WriterSiegfried Kühn

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Cast · Directed by Siegfried Kühn

CACarmen-Maja Antoni
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Großmutter
MP
Marc Poser
Alfons, 9 Jahre
FM
Fritz Marquardt
Nardini
HM
Helmut Müller-Lankow
Großvater
MEMartina Eitner-Acheampong
Martina Eitner-Acheampong
Tante Mieke
RURenate Usko
Renate Usko
Magd Katrin
HKHeide Kipp
Heide Kipp
Cielchen
GJGünter Junghans
Günter Junghans
Riedel
HBHermann Beyer
Hermann Beyer
Schräter
WB
Waldemar Baeger
Poatty-Hempel
ABAngelika Böttiger
Angelika Böttiger
APAndrzej Pieczyński
Andrzej Pieczyński

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