Casts & Crew
Paula Wessely
Johanna Matz
Johannes Heesters
Dietmar Schönherr
Fritz Schulz
Gudrun Schmidt
Friedl Czepa
Raoul Retzer
Also Directed by Robert A. Stemmle
This German slice-of-life drama is based on a very real postwar dilemma. At the time the film was made, there were over 3000 children living in Germany who'd been fathered by African American GIs. Referred to as "mischlings," these children were often treated as outcasts because of their illegitimacy and skin color. One such mischling is Toxi (played by herself), who is sent to live with her American father when her mother dies. At first, Toxi is welcomed with opened arms, but the father, who already has two children, has neither the time nor the money to care for the girl. Toxi is then bundled off to an orphanage, sparking a serious rift in her father's family. By concentrating on a highly fictionalized plotline, Toxi tends to ignore the thousands of other mischlings whose lives are far more complex and tragic than that of the film's central character.
The new-rich mother of a film child who became famous overnight is trying to bring her little son together with the twelve-year-old king of a Balkan country, who is currently in Brussels, for validity and advertising reasons. The children actually get to know each other and run away with an 'Liftboy' to Antwerp for adventure.
A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.
Film about young smugglers.