| Production Company: | Letterbox Filmproduktion, Amalia Film GmbH, C-Films Deutschland |
| Producers: | Michael Lehmann, Günther Russ, Benjamin Seikel, Cornel Schäfer |
| Distribution: | Universum Film |
| Network: | ZDF |
| Commisioning Editor: | Caroline von Senden, Alexandra Staib |
| Director: | Markus Goller |
| Script: | Dirk Ahner (nach der Romanvorlage von Marie Aude Murail) |
| Cast: | David Kross, Frederick Lau, Emilia Schüle et al. |
Ben and Barnabas are unseparatable since they are small. The two of them, however, are no ordinary pair of brothers, for Barnabas, with his twenty-two years, remained mentally at the age of three. This also gave him the nickname "Simpel". But even if Simpel is a terrible nuisance, Ben can never imagine a life without his brother. But then the fate unexpectedly kills cruelly when her mother suddenly dies. Afterwards, Simpel is to be sent to a home, but the brothers do not allow that. Together, they flee and spend one night outdoors. Then Ben's dawn: To help Simpel, they have to meet the one person they have not seen for 15 years - their father...
| Production Company: | Letterbox Filmproduktion, Amalia Film GmbH, C-Films Deutschland |
| Producers: | Michael Lehmann, Günther Russ, Benjamin Seikel, Cornel Schäfer |
| Distribution: | Universum Film |
| Network: | ZDF |
| Commisioning Editor: | Caroline von Senden, Alexandra Staib |
| Director: | Markus Goller |
| Script: | Dirk Ahner (nach der Romanvorlage von Marie Aude Murail) |
| Cast: | David Kross, Frederick Lau, Emilia Schüle et al. |
Ben and Barnabas are unseparatable since they are small. The two of them, however, are no ordinary pair of brothers, for Barnabas, with his twenty-two years, remained mentally at the age of three. This also gave him the nickname "Simpel". But even if Simpel is a terrible nuisance, Ben can never imagine a life without his brother. But then the fate unexpectedly kills cruelly when her mother suddenly dies. Afterwards, Simpel is to be sent to a home, but the brothers do not allow that. Together, they flee and spend one night outdoors. Then Ben's dawn: To help Simpel, they have to meet the one person they have not seen for 15 years - their father...
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