Max Stricker, an old anti-fascist, informs a class of eighth graders before their planned visit to the former concentration camp in Buchenwald. But the boys and girls are not very interested in Max′s lecture and instead stop his lecture with their constant interferences. On the trip to Buchenwald, the class roughnecks around wannabe hoodlum King also want to cause trouble. Thus, a small group of pupils secretly leaves the train before it arrives. Max notices the runaways, follows them, and offers them a bet: He challenges them to get to Weimar on their own, with only five Marks left.
Peter Sturm
as Max
Wolfgang Winkler
as Cornelias Vater
Katrin Martin
as Lehrerin Fräulein Zahn
Carmen-Maja Antoni
as Postangestellte
May-Britt Fechner
as Cornelia
Wolfgang Dehler
as LKW Fahrer
Heide Kipp
as Designerin
Wolfgang Greese
as Wachtmeister
Waltraut Kramm
as Gemeindeschwester
Marie-Anne Fliegel
as Cornelias Mutter
Hans-Gerd Sonnenburg
as Polizist
Horst Papke
as Bäckermeister
