Cat and Mouse

Katz und Maus

In 1966, a former gymnast returns to his hometown Danzig, which is now a part of Poland. He begins to reflect on one of his classmates, Joachim Mahlke, who disappeared during World War II. Mahlke was initially marked as an outsider due to his oversized Adam’s apple, but when he turned out to be a great diver, the in-crowd embraced him. Then he steals a Knight’s Cross from a soldier and is expelled from school. Volunteering for war service, he earns a medal himself and hopes his reputation will be rehabilitated. But the school principal refuses and Mahlke deserts from the army…

Dirección

Hansjürgen Pohland

Novela

Günter Grass

Guion

Helmut Kircher

Guion

Michael Hinz

Estado

Estrenada

Estreno

07/02/1967

Idioma original

Alemán