Top Cast
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Benny Mertens
Benny
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Inge Hoepfner
Grandma
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Mike Rosenkranz
Boxer
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Dimitrij Mertens
Kid 1
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Tillman Mertens
Kid 2
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Norman Schwochow
Kid 3
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Tobias Vosz
Kid 4
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Sarah Francis
Kid 5
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Siggi Ortwein
Woman 1
Overview
A short film about a boy experiencing immersion and fascination for war as he looks through the old photo album of his grandfather who was a Nazi soldier during WWII.
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