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Jan on the Barge

Jan on the Barge

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 26, 1986

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Family

User Score

90%

Original Title

Jan auf der Zille

Production Companies

DEFA

Director

Helmut Dziuba

Description

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.