Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Charly HübnerWaller Collien | Waller Collien |
| OOscar BroseJulian Collien | Julian Collien |
 Peter LohmeyerKonrad Gorny | Konrad Gorny |
 Nina PetriEdeltraud Gorny | Edeltraud Gorny |
 Stephan KampwirthHerbert Lippek | Herbert Lippek |
 Ludger PistorPfarrer Stürwald | Pfarrer Stürwald |
 Caroline PetersFrau Morian | Frau Morian |
 Patrick JoswigOnkel Jupp | Onkel Jupp |
 Greta Sophie SchmidtMarusha | Marusha |
 Lina BeckmannLiesel Collien | Liesel Collien |
| MMagdalena MatzSophie Collien | Sophie Collien |
| AAndreas BeckLehrer Stoitzner | Lehrer Stoitzner |
 Linus SchützJonny | Jonny |
| HHenk BuchholzKarl Maronde | Karl Maronde |
| AAndreas RotherDer Dicke | Der Dicke |
| FFranziska Mense-MoritzFrau Kalde | Frau Kalde |
| TTill BeckmannKumpel | Kumpel |