Toyland
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“1942: what happens when a German kid believes that his Jewish neighbors are going to Toyland?”
On a winter morning, a mother goes to waken her son Heinrich; his bed is empty. She leaves her flat to find him. The neighbors' door, with a Star of David painted on it, is ajar, the furnishings in disarray, the family gone. She asks passersby, runs to the police then on to the rail yard. Flashbacks show that Heinrich and the neighbors' son Paul are six years old and best friends. Paul's family's deportation is expected soon; Heinrich's mother tells her son that they're going to Toyland. Heinrich wants to go with them, has a bag packed, and listens for their departure. His mother realizes he's joined them, and her resolve becomes more urgent. Will she arrive in time to save Heinrich?
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Cast
11 people
Julia Jäger
Marianne
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Cedric Eich
Heinrich
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David C. Bunners
Obersturmführer
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Torsten Michaelis
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Unknown
Frantz
Claudia Hübschmann
Frau Silberstein
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Liebe vergisst man nicht
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Gregor Weber
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Familie Heinz Becker
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Jürgen Trott
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Fridolin
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Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
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Matthias Paul
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Johanna Penski
Hausmeisterin (uncredited)
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Move
Tamay Bulut Özvatan
David Silberstein
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Jochen Alexander Freydank Director · Johann A. Bunners Screenplay Anna Kappelmann Editor
United States release August 29, 2007 · Produced in Germany · Original title Spielzeugland
Production
Mephisto Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Spielzeugland
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
United States · August 29, 2007
Theatrical
Germany · January 31, 2008
Theatrical
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