Friedrich manages to escape from East Germany to the West in the 1950s. On his arrival, he is greeted with the words Herzlich Willkommen, or "cordial, heartfelt welcome." However, once he finds employment, what he experiences is anything but a cordial welcome at his new job, where he is a teacher/counselor for "wayward children" located in a former castle. The institution is headed by a former Nazi who runs it with the help of the more criminal, bullying boys. Despite these obstacles, Friedrich manages to establish a rapport with a boy who wants to go "straight," and also begins to have an affair with an attractive female teacher at the school.
Cast
Crew
Hark Bohm
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Dorothee Schön
Screenplay
Walter Kempowski
Novel
Moune Barius
Editor
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Natalia Bowakow
Executive Producer
Martin Schulz
Executive Producer
Christoph Holch
Producer
Christian Bussmann
Production Design
Birgit Missal
Costume Design
Peter C. Gutenberg
Makeup Artist
Monika Schuchard
Sound Editor
Richard Borowski
Sound Mixer
Wolfgang Schukrafft
Sound
Jens-Peter Ostendorf
Original Music Composer
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