Family · East Germany · 1967 · 1h 7m

The Brave Truant

Der tapfere Schulschwänzer

The Brave Truant poster
Director
Winfried Junge
Cast
André Kallenbach as Thomas Lohmann Hartmut Tietz as Dieter, Thomas’ Freund Jessy Rameik as Lehrerin Christoph Engel as Schuldirektor Günter Ott as Thomas’ Vater Ilse Voigt as Oma Krüger
Crew
Claus Neumann — Director of Photography Lotti Mehnert — Editor Peter Gotthardt — Original Music Composer Winfried Junge — Writer Claus Küchenmeister — Writer Wera Küchenmeister — Writer
Synopsis

On one very fine sunny day, a fourth-grader Thomas, as always, is out of the house in the morning to get to school by subway. But on this day he has a too good mood and that, along with the good weather, prevents him get to the lessons. He decides to skip his station, and take a walk through Berlin.

Key Collaborators
Winfried Junge Director Claus Neumann Director of Photography Lotti Mehnert Editor Peter Gotthardt Original Music Composer Winfried Junge Writer Claus Küchenmeister Writer Wera Küchenmeister Writer
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