In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

Edmund Moeschkeas Edmund
Ernst Pittschauas Father
Franz-Otto Krügeras Karl-Heinz
Erich Gühneas Teacher
Jo Herbstas Jo (uncredited)
Adolf Hitleras Self (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Karl Krügeras Doctor (uncredited)