Year: 1967
Runtime: 88 mins
Language: German
Director: Hansjürgen Pohland
In 1966 a former gymnast returns to his native Danzig, now part of Poland, and reflects on his schoolmate Joachim Mahlke, who vanished during the war. Mahlke, once mocked for his large Adam’s apple, becomes a celebrated diver, steals a Knight’s Cross and is expelled. He later enlists, earns a medal, but the school principal rejects his redemption, prompting Mahlke to desert the army.
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