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.
as Max
as Cornelias Vater
as Lehrerin Fräulein Zahn
as Postangestellte
as Cornelia
as LKW Fahrer
as Designerin
as Wachtmeister
as Gemeindeschwester
as Cornelias Mutter
as Polizist
as Bäckermeister
as Schlosser
as Dickliche Frau
as Biggi
