In 1966, a former gymnast returns to his hometown Danzig, which is now a part of Poland. He begins to reflect on one of his classmates, Joachim Mahlke, who disappeared during World War II. Mahlke was initially marked as an outsider due to his oversized Adam’s apple, but when he turned out to be a great diver, the in-crowd embraced him. Then he steals a Knight’s Cross from a soldier and is expelled from school. Volunteering for war service, he earns a medal himself and hopes his reputation will be rehabilitated. But the school principal refuses and Mahlke deserts from the army…
as Joachim Mahlke (older)
as Pilenz
as Klohse
as Tulla
as Jagdflieger
as Captain Lieutenant
as Mahlkes Tante
as Joachim Mahlke (younger)
as Esch
as Kupka
as Buschmann
as Winter
as Schiller
as Sonntag
