The Brave Truant

The Brave Truant

67 mins | Family | Dec. 17, 1967

On one very fine sunny day, a fourth-grader Thomas, as always, is out of the house in the morning to get to school by subway. But on this day he has a too good mood and that, along with the good weather, prevents him get to the lessons. He decides to skip his station, and take a walk through Berlin.

The Brave Truant

67 mins | Family | Dec. 17, 1967

The Brave Truant
On one very fine sunny day, a fourth-grader Thomas, as always, is out of the house in the morning to get to school by subway. But on this day he has a too good mood and that, along with the good weather, prevents him get to the lessons. He decides to skip his station, and take a walk through Berlin.
Producers DEFA
Original title Der tapfere Schulschwänzer
Directors Winfried Junge
Writers Wera Küchenmeister, Winfried Junge, Claus Küchenmeister

Cast

André Kallenbach

as Thomas Lohmann

Hartmut Tietz

as Dieter, Thomas’ Freund

Jessy Rameik

as Lehrerin

Christoph Engel

as Schuldirektor

Günter Ott

as Thomas’ Vater

Ilse Voigt

as Oma Krüger

Lutz Erdmann

as Arzt