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Original Title in Original Language: They Called Him Amigo Der Älteste war dreizehn; Der Älteste war 13; Aber... er ist doch gegen Deutschland Sie nannten ihn Amigo
German SummaryDeutschland 1939. Der 13jährige Berliner Junge Rainer Meister, genannt Amigo, findet im Gerümpelkeller des Hinterhofs einen Mann. Es ist Pepp, ein aus dem KZ geflohener politischer Häftling. Als Sohn einer kommunistischen Arbeiterfamilie weiß Amigo, in welche Gefahr er sich begibt, wenn er Pepp hilft. Er tut es dennoch und verpflichtet die beiden Mitwisser, seinen jüngeren Bruder und dessen Freund, zum Schweigen. Der aber verrät sich seinem Vater. Und dieser, Sinewski, ein selbstzufriedener, feiger Nazi-Mitläufer, wird schließlich zum Denunzianten. Sein Sohn hatte ihm eine Jacke gestohlen, um dem "Illegalen" zu helfen. Sinewski verdächtigt Amigo und dessen Vater, der verhaftet wird. Amigo stellt sich selbst, um Vater und Pepp zu retten. Für seine Tat wird der 13jährige in ein KZ gebracht. Er überlebt dank der Fürsorge der älteren Genossen. Später, in der DDR, wird er Panzerfahrer in den Reihen der Nationalen Volksarmee.
(Quelle: Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg. DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992)
English SummaryGermany 1939: The 13-year-old Berlin boy Rainer Meister, called Amigo, finds a man in the junk cellar of the backyard. It's Pepp, a political prisoner who escaped from the concentration camp. As the son of a communist working class family, Amigo knows the danger he is putting himself in if he helps Pepp. He does it nevertheless and obliges the two confidants, his younger brother and his friend, to remain silent. But he betrays himself to his father. And this one, Sinewski, a self-satisfied, cowardly Nazi follower, eventually becomes a denunciator. His son had stolen a jacket from him to help the illegal. Sinewski suspects Amigo and his father, who is arrested. Amigo turns himself in to save Father and Pepp. For his deed, the 13-year-old is taken to a concentration camp. He survives thanks to the care of his older comrades. Later, in the GDR, he became a tank driver in the ranks of the National People's Army.
(Source: The Second Life of the Film City Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)
Original SummaryNel 1939 il giovane Rainer Meister, soprannominato Amigo, scopre un uomo nascosto nello sgabuzzino del cortile: si chiama Pepp ed è un prigioniero politico fuggito da un campo di concentramento. Nonostante sappia, da figlio di una famiglia di operai comunisti, quali pericoli si corrano ad aiutare un fuggitivo, Rainer decide di correre il rischio, chiedendo agli unici due conniventi, suo fratello minore e un amico, di tacere. Quest'ultimo, però, si tradisce dinanzi al padre, un vigliacco nazista, che denuncia Amigo e suo padre per avergli rubato una giacca. Amigo si costituisce volontariamente alla polizia che, a soli 13 anni, lo manda in un campo di concentramento. Sopravvissuto grazie all'aiuto dei compagni più anziani, Amigo andrà a vivere nella RDT dove lavorerà come carrista per l'Armata nazionale. (Italienisch)
Release Date1959-01-22
Shoot Year1958
ColorNo
DirectorHeiner Carow
CameraHelmut Bergmann
EditorIlse Peters
ComposerKurt Schwaen,
ActorsHeinz Schubert, Peter Kalisch, Dietmar Simon, Hans Klering, Ursula Dücker, Heinz Schröder, Erich Franz, Nico Turoff, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Angelika Hurwicz, Fred Düren, Siegfried Fromm, Georgetta Sager, Emil Riemer, Wolf Lucas, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Bernd Trewendt
Country of Production (German)
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
Region / City (German)
Weimar (Buchenwald); Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof
