Overview
End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the boys have to recognize that they are soon separated from each other. But they want to dig a tunnel to Australia to meet there themselves again. When Jonas should leave the country with his mother this night changes everything.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Bernd Burgemeister Fernsehpreis (2017) and the 3sat TV Audience Award (2017)
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Music
Music by Thomas Osterhoff
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Christian Marohl
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Dirk KummerWriter
- Bert KoßWriter
- Original title
- Zuckersand
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 24, 2017
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Tilman DöblerFred Ernst
Valentin WesselyJonas Gramowski
Katharina M. SchubertMichaela Ernst
Christian FriedelGünter Ernst
Deborah KaufmannOlivia Gramowski
Hermann BeyerKaczmareck
Carmen-Maja AntoniFrau Neumann
Rosa EnskatFrau Knebelmann
Pauletta PollmannRamona Ernst- Gwendolyn GöbelCarola
- Thomas PoltmannHerr Lutz
Justin SvobodaBollmann
Filip SychraSportarzt
Jan MazákRöhricht
Roland FlorstedtSenkpiel- Thomas StecherPolizeioffizier
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