He wants to build his own fish trap to catch eels, as befits a fisherman's son on the Baltic Sea. Mariken, who is the same age, supports him enthusiastically. But everyone else does not take his plans seriously. In the whole village he is ridiculed as a fish trap admiral, even his own father can't find the time to help his son. But what Lütt Matten has set his mind to, he realizes. When the finished fish trap is standing on the Bodden, Lütt Matten and his girlfriend wait in vain for a rich catch of fish. Only the legendary white shell out on the high seas seems to promise help.
Kids & Family
1h 16min
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Lütt Matten has a big dream. To achieve it, he goes in search of the white magic shell and thus into great danger.
He wants to build his own fish trap to catch eels, as befits a fisherman's son on the Baltic Sea. Mariken, who is the same age, supports him enthusiastically. But everyone else does not take his plans seriously.
In the whole village he is ridiculed as a fish trap admiral, even his own father can't find the time to help his son. But what Lütt Matten has set his mind to, he realizes.
When the finished fish trap is standing on the Bodden, Lütt Matten and his girlfriend wait in vain for a rich catch of fish. Only the legendary white shell out on the high seas seems to promise help.