all-boys school · german comedy · 1990s · friendship · ensemble cast · coming of age · otto car · dampf walze · stehrlau · mucke
Burg Schreckenstein rises, majestic and imposing, but today its usual quiet has been shattered. The boys, normally a tight-knit brotherhood, stand rigid in the courtyard, a wall of tension. Jean, the count's servant, has arrived in his car, and he's brought more than himself—he's brought a girl from the sworn enemy, Schloss Rosenfels. The air crackles. The stares of the five friends—Dampfwalze, Stefan, Ottocar, Strehlau, and Mücke—are fixed on the vehicle. Fury tangles with utter confusion, and simmering beneath it all is a flicker of unexpected fascination. Ottocar holds his ground, masking his curiosity with stern stubbornness, while the others slowly close the circle around Jean and the intruder. A new day has dawned, and nothing will ever be the same.