Germany / Sep 03, 1975
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Eight-year-old Matthias dreams that he will someday become a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together. He waits yearningly for his ninth birthday because his father has told him the story of Icarus, and promised to take him on a sightseeing flight. When Matthias' father doesn't come home, he is devastated. He runs throughout the city, talks to his friend about the relationships of adults, looks for his father at his desk, and gets himself into conflict with the police. As he sits alone on the roof of a house, he comes to the conclusion that Icarus didn't plummet to the earth because he didn't listen to his father, but rather because his father had forgotten him.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Günter Schubert | Volkspolizist |
| Fred Delmare | Nachbar |
| Carl Heinz Choynski | Dieb |
| Willi Schrade | Vaters Kollege |
| Ursula Staack | Lehrerin |
| Jarmila Karlovská | |
| Frank-Otto Schenk |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ikarus |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | East Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme |
| Release date | 3 settembre 1975 |
| Writer | Klaus Schlesinger, Heiner Carow |
| Editing | Evelyn Carow |
| Cinematography | Jürgen Brauer |
| Assistant directors | Heiner Carow |
| Music | Peter Gotthardt |
| Sound | Peter Gotthardt |
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