Losing his mother to WW2, 13-year-old Tom visits his aunt but finds her missing. Not knowing what to do, he is befriended by Krücke, a one-legged war veteran, and finds shelter with a Jewish woman who sells alcohol to the Allied soldiers.

Krücke

Anneliese is living together with her son Florian in a run-down farm. But her exaggerated demands drive him mad. Man and daughter work in the city. The 14-year-old son is supposed to fulfill the mother's dreams and become a chemist. Still, the boy fits his wishes, but he secretly dreams of becoming a farmer. Then, the situation escalates.