Jan on the Barge
MovieTitle | Jan auf der Zille |
User score | 9 |
Release date | Mar 26, 1986 |
Genre | Family |
Director | Helmut Dziuba |
Production country | Germany |
Production companies | DEFA |
Run time | 86 min. |
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.