
Max Stricker, an old anti-fascist, informs a class of eighth graders before their planned visit to the former concentration camp in Buchenwald. But the boys and girls are not very interested in Max′s lecture and instead stop his lecture with their constant interferences. On the trip to Buchenwald, the class roughnecks around wannabe hoodlum King also want to cause trouble. Thus, a small group of pupils secretly leaves the train before it arrives. Max notices the runaways, follows them, and offers them a bet: He challenges them to get to Weimar on their own, with only five Marks left.
Max

Cornelias Vater

Lehrerin Fräulein Zahn

Postangestellte

Cornelia
LKW Fahrer

Designerin

Wachtmeister

Gemeindeschwester

Cornelias Mutter

Polizist
Bäckermeister
Schlosser

Dickliche Frau

Biggi