Adieu, mon ami (1996)

Germany, WWII: 10-year old Dagmar has just lost her beloved twin brother Doug and her family through a bomb attack. Together with a young girl who worked in the bakery of Dagmar's parents ... See full summary »

Director:

Franz Peter Wirth

Writer:

Barbara Noack (novel)

Stars:

Constanze Engelbrecht, Julie Engelbrecht, Hans Kremer

Cast

Credited cast:
Constanze Engelbrecht	...	Dagmar
Julie Engelbrecht	...	Young Dagmar
Hans Kremer	...	Laurent
Jens Harzer	...	Young Laurent
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Petra Berndt	...	Leni Steiner
Luise Deschauer	...	Mrs. Steiner
Heinz Ehrenfreund	...	Benedikt Rappenreiter
Heike Falkenberg	...	Else Pilkahn
Wega Jahnke	...	Frau Rappenreiter
Jörg Panknin	...	August Pachulke
Hanns Zischler	...	Serge

Storyline

Germany, WWII: 10-year old Dagmar has just lost her beloved twin brother Doug and her family through a bomb attack. Together with a young girl who worked in the bakery of Dagmar's parents they escape to Bavaria and find shelter at some far relatives of Dagmar's family. The little girl just doesn't feel comfortable in the strange family but soon finds a good friend: Laurent, a 17-year old French alien employee. Laurent is tormented by August, the "head of the family", but cannot defend himself because as soon as he causes a conflict he will be sent into an approved school in France which is even worse. Dagmar and Laurent become very close and become almost like brother and sister, they are all they have and Dagmar even falls a bit in love with Laurent. One day August sees how Laurent hugs Dagmar, he provokes a conflict and at the end Laurent is sent back to France. Dagmar is desperate: She thinks that she'll never sees Laurent again. 10 years later: Dagmar has stayed in the Bavarian ...

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Plot Keywords:

homosexual | post world war two | world war two | girl man relationship | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

10 April 1996 (Germany)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Constanze Engelbrecht, who plays the adult Dagmar is the mother of Julie Engelbrecht, who plays the young Dagmar.

User Reviews

SYMPATHETIC DRAMA

Sentimental but sympathetic drama wit good characterizations, that does not hold until the end as it starts dragging along the way. The part taking place in war time when the friendship between the young German girl and the older French boy starts and grows, is more interesting than the second part playing somewhere in the early 70's. This part just seems to go on and on and has a ludicrous turn in the story; the finale compensates though. Good cast saves the film from the plain direction.