Icarus

Overview

Eight-year-old Matthias dreams that he will someday become a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together. He waits yearningly for his ninth birthday because his father has told him the story of Icarus, and promised to take him on a sightseeing flight. When Matthias' father doesn't come home, he is devastated. He runs throughout the city, talks to his friend about the relationships of adults, looks for his father at his desk, and gets himself into conflict with the police. As he sits alone on the roof of a house, he comes to the conclusion that Icarus didn't plummet to the earth because he didn't listen to his father, but rather because his father had forgotten him.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 3, 1975

Original language

German

Spoken languages

german

Countries

East Germany

Production

DEFA,DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0073147