Germany, 1931. The youth novel "Emil and the Detectives" is being filmed, which will make its author, Erich Kästner, world famous. An unusual friendship begins between the childless author and fatherless Hans, the 9-year-old playing the character Little Tuesday. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test in the Third Reich when Kästner's books are banned and little Hans becomes a Hitler Youth. Based on a true story.
Producer: Roswitha Ester, Torsten Reglin, Eva Holtmann, Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker
Director of Photography: Peter von Haller
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger
Screenplay: Dorothee Schön