Der kleine Kuno (1959)

Directed by

Kurt Jung-Alsen

Genre

children's film

Country

German Democratic Republic, Germany

Runtime

52 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A little boy experiences two days of adventures during the tenth anniversary celebrations of East Germany's founding. The story follows his perspective on the events around him in 1959.

whimsicallightheartedinnocentadventurousnostalgicgentlelivelyearnest

What happens

Der kleine Kuno is an East German black and white children's adventure film, directed by Kurt Jung-Alsen. It was released in 1959, and is set in October 1959 during the tenth anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the communist East Germany state as seen through the lens of a little boy and his two-day adventures. The author of the film script, Peter Brock (1916–1982), subsequently modified the text into a popular book for children with the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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