Childhood
1987, German. Directed by Siegfried Kühn.
Alfons lives with his grandparents on a Silesian village farm at the end of WWII. He adores his grandmother, who runs everything after her husband dies. But everything changes after the appearance of a traveling showman in the xenophobic village.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Siegfried KühnDirector
- Carmen-Maja AntoniGroßmutter
- Marc PoserAlfons, 9 Jahre
- Fritz MarquardtNardini
- Helmut Müller-LankowGroßvater
- Martina Eitner-AcheampongTante Mieke
- Renate UskoMagd Katrin
- Heide KippCielchen
- Günter JunghansRiedel
- Hermann BeyerSchräter
- Waldemar BaegerPoatty-Hempel
- Angelika BöttigerCast
- Andrzej PieczyńskiCast
Details
- Released
- 25 August 1987
- Original title
- Kindheit
- Country
- East Germany, Germany
- Written by
- Siegfried Kühn
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Childhood runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Childhood isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 August 1987. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Childhood?
If you liked Childhood, try Where the Red Fern Grows, Greyfriars Bobby, Skater Girl.
Who directed Childhood?
Childhood (1987) was directed by Siegfried Kühn and stars Carmen-Maja Antoni, Marc Poser, Fritz Marquardt.