Katz und Maus (1967)
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Lars Brandt, Peter Brandt, Claudia Bremer, Wolfgang Neuss, Ingrid van Bergen, Michael Hinz, Herbert Weißbach, Helmut Kircher
In wartime Danzig, an outsider student tries to conceal his conspicuous Adam’s apple while spending time with classmates around a shipwreck.
The story
Set in Danzig during the Second World War, the film follows Joachim Mahlke, a secondary-school student who is an outsider among his classmates. The teenagers spend time on the Baltic coast, where the wreck of a Polish minesweeper is a popular hangout. There, Mahlke proves himself an excellent swimmer and diver. He tries to conceal his oversized Adam’s apple with various objects. During their summer games, he wears a Knight’s Cross stolen from a soldier on his bare torso.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film is set in Danzig during the Second World War. Joachim Mahlke is a secondary-school student and an outsider among his classmates. He looks disfigured by an oversized Adam’s apple. The teenagers spend their time on the Baltic coast. A popular hangout is the wreck of a Polish minesweeper. There, Joachim distinguishes himself as an excellent swimmer and diver. He tries to conceal his Adam’s apple with all sorts of objects. He had stolen a soldier’s Knight’s Cross, and now it adorns his bare torso during their summer games. Because of the theft, the troubled teenager is eventually expelled from school and volunteers for the war. There, he is awarded a Knight’s Cross himself and returns to his old school on leave, hoping that at last he will find recognition as a military hero. But his heroism is rejected. Mahlke deserts and flees to the old minesweeper. He disappears without a trace.
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