2016 · 126 min · Drama
A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than five thousand children died in the Nazi euthanasia program.
Directed by Kai Wessel. Starring Ivo Pietzcker, Sebastian Koch, Fritzi Haberlandt, Thomas Schubert and Henriette Confurius.
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