A sad saxophone boy finds his people in 1978 Hamburg. No, it's not a Smiths song.
15-year-old Moritz lives in a posh area of Hamburg, but his parents did not care about it. The teenager suffers from ridicule of his classmates and finds refuge in his dreams and playing the saxophone. Only when he joins a band and began performing there Moritz pulled out of the vicious circle, and finds love with new friends...
Acting
Michael Kebschull's wounded, watchful silence
Score
Saxophone as actual character development
Production
Wealthy Hamburg as gilded cage
Director
Hark Bohm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1970s West German 'Jugenfilm' wave exploring alienated youth in affluent society. Bohm was essentially making mumblecore forty years early.
Marquard Bohm (Barbara's father) is the director's brother; they fought constantly on set, allegedly improving the on-screen tension.
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