Germany, 1931. The youth novel "Emil and the Detectives" is being filmed, which will make its author, Erich Kästner, world famous. An unusual friendship begins between the childless author and fatherless Hans, the 9-year-old playing the character Little Tuesday. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test in the Third Reich when Kästner's books are banned and little Hans becomes a Hitler Youth. Based on a true story.
as Erich Kästner
as Hans Löhr (young)
as Hans Löhr (old)
as Wolfi Stern (young)
as Wolfi Stern (old)
as Lotte Löhr
as Ruth Löhr (young)
as Erich Ohser
as Nietenführ
as Marigard Ohser
as Edith Jacobsohn
as Ida Kästner
as Trude
as Mr. Stern
as Herti Kirchner
as Gestapo
as Freisler
as Eberhard Schmidt
as Erich Knauf
as Hildegard Ludwig
as young woman
as Karlinchen
as Müller
as Student
as Emil Tischbein
as Soldat
as Director
as Goebbels
