Jan on the Barge
6.4
1934, Germany. Jan is a 13 year old boy, who is raised without a mother. His father, a communist, is accused of a political murder, and predicted to be shot by the police when he was on the run. Jan lives with his aunt and finds a friend, Max, who wants to help him to find out what really with his father happened. During a conspirative gathering Max is shot by SA (Nazi paramilitary) and Jan succeed to escape in a barge. Erika, the daughter of the captain of the barge, and a boatman hide him. They try to help Jan to escape from police and find his father, who really survived.
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Cast
23 people
Peter Sodann
Martin Liebig
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Gundermann
Hermann Beyer
Professor
Known for
Dark
The Elementary Particles
Christian Steyer
Known for
Dark
Army of Thieves
Helmut Dziuba
Evamaria Bath
Minna
Also in
Klein, aber Charlotte
Unser Mann ist König
Hans-Albert Pederzani
Helmut Bergmann
Lotte Loebinger
Muttchen
Also in
Heart of Stone
Kleiner Mann – was nun?
Barbara Simon
Hartmut Pohl
Max
Peter Scholz
Jan
Also in
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
Inspector Rex
Helene Anders
Erika
No other roles listed
Helmut Dziuba Director · Hans-Albert Pederzani Writer Barbara Simon Editor
First release March 26, 1986 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
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Original title
Jan auf der Zille
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 26, 1986
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