A worker wants to escape the monotony of his work and sets off for Munich to see his pop music idol up close. Due to a breakdown, he doesn't make it to his destination, but meets a cabaret troupe, which he joins. The new environment confronts him with politically interested people for the first time in his life, but also involves him in a protest by the peace movement and gets him imprisoned. A modern fairy tale about a man who set out to see the world.
Ursula Buchfellner
Ireen Flame
Ilja Richter
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Martin Rickelt
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August Schmölzer
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Kai Dette
Tommy Kahl
Reiner Uthoff
Eberhard Bim
Günter Kasch
Chris Kurbjuhn
A worker wants to escape the monotony of his work and sets off for Munich to see his pop music idol up close. Due to a breakdown, he doesn't make it to his destination, but meets a cabaret troupe, which he joins. The new environment confronts him with politically interested people for the first time in his life, but also involves him in a protest by the peace movement and gets him imprisoned. A modern fairy tale about a man who set out to see the world.
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