A Long Way to School

Ten-year-old Alex secretly watches a Western on TV, and before he knows it, the Western heroes are standing in his living room. They threaten to steal the Spartakiade gold he thinks he can still claim. In the morning, his bicycle is transformed into a mustang and the trip to school into a Western adventure in which the teachers are transformed into Indians or cowboys and the headmistress into a saloon lady. Together with his hero, the Red Milan, he tries to score the Spartakiade gold.

Keywords

  • childhood
  • costume film
  • DEFA
  • fun
  • indigenous peoples
  • Made in Germany
  • satire
  • western
  • youth

Actors

  • Gojko Mitić
  • Klaus Piontek
  • Günter Schubert
  • Rolf Hoppe
  • Klaus Manchen

Director

  • Rolf Losansky

Kids & Family


1h 20min


6 FSK

DE

GDR
1982
Ten-year-old Alex secretly watches a Western on TV, and before he knows it, the Western heroes are standing in his living room.

Ten-year-old Alex secretly watches a Western on TV, and before he knows it, the Western heroes are standing in his living room.


They threaten to steal the Spartakiade gold he thinks he can still claim. In the morning, his bicycle is transformed into a mustang and the trip to school into a Western adventure in which the teachers are transformed into Indians or cowboys and the headmistress into a saloon lady.


Together with his hero, the Red Milan, he tries to score the Spartakiade gold.

Cast & Crew