Year: 1979
Runtime: 127 mins
Language: German
Director: Peter Lilienthal
During the Purim festival, Hitler Youth chant anti‑Semitic slogans outside Rabbi Singer’s home. Despite his belief that Germany remains safe for Jews, a few years later his son David is barred from school because of his faith, and Rabbi Singer and his wife are deported. Now a terrified David must hide his identity and seek a way to escape the country.
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