Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
| Directing | Adolf Winkelmann | Director |
| Writing | Adolf Winkelmann | Screenplay |
| Writing | Till Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nils Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ralf Rothmann | Novel |
| Production | Greta Gilles | Producer |
| Sound | Tommy Finke | Music |
| Camera | David Slama | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Rudi Heinen | Editor |
| Art | Irene Piel | Art Direction |
| Art | Thorsten Sabel | Art Direction |
| Art | Jenny Eichelmeyer | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Bürke | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Production | Iris Baumüller | Casting |
| Lighting | Klaus Peter Venn | Gaffer |
| Camera | Hendrik A. Kley | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Christian Kitscha | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Thomas Korda | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Robert Patzelt | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Volker Lorig | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Gerrit Hecht | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Editing | Jascha Viehl | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley |
| Sound | Andreas Hildebrandt | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henny Zimmer | Makeup Artist |