Based on a true story, this family drama focuses on a 12-year-old boy, who has to take care of his two younger sisters alone. As he regularly is late for school, Tom is punished by his teachers and mocked by his fellow students, but nobody knows the bitter truth: while his father left the family many years ago, his mother Barbara doesn't care of him and his sisters any more. Even their neighbor Cora doesn't realize what is going on at first...
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Aglaia Szyszkowitz
Barbara Berger
Known for
Rommel
Almanya: Welcome to Germany
Sandra Borgmann
Cora Jansen
Known for
Dark
Perfume
Niki Stein
Also in
Scene of the Crime
Wolf-Niklas Schykowski
Tom Berger
Also in
Ein himmlisches Weihnachtsgeschenk
Papa und Mama
Inge Fleckenstein
Stephan Kampwirth
Felix
Known for
Dark
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
Herbert Knaup
Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
Known for
Run Lola Run
Nuremberg
Anke Sevenich
Frau vom Jugendamt
Also in
Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
Lerchenberg
Elisa Schlott
Sophie Berger
Known for
The Empress
The Tasters
Lotte Becker
Fanny Berger
Also in
Meuchelbeck
A Decent Man
Anian Zollner
Robert
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Luther
Katharina Palm
Mona
Also in
A Dangerous Method
12 Winter
Niki Stein Director · Arthur W. Ahrweiler Cinematographer Silke Franken Editor
First release February 27, 2008 · Produced in Germany
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Germany
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German
Release dates
Germany · February 27, 2008
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