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Feature film — 1986

Jan on the Barge (1986)

7.51h 26mFamily

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.

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Director: Helmut Dziuba

On screen

Cast & crew

Peter Sodann as Martin Liebig

Peter Sodann

Martin Liebig

Hermann Beyer as Professor

Hermann Beyer

Professor

Evamaria Bath as Minna

Evamaria Bath

Minna

Lotte Loebinger as Muttchen

Lotte Loebinger

Muttchen

P

Peter Scholz

Jan

Helene Anders as Erika

Helene Anders

Erika

Heide Kipp as Tante

Heide Kipp

Tante

Siegfried Voß as Wiese

Siegfried Voß

Wiese

Volkmar Kleinert as Hinkender

Volkmar Kleinert

Hinkender

C

Christoph Engel

Ziviler

Michael Narloch as Mann mit Zeitung

Michael Narloch

Mann mit Zeitung

C

Christa Löser

alte Frau

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