The Red Jacket

Story

Synopsis

A German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital in Germany. He escapes the hospital, is hit by a car (but unhurt). The driver reads the tag inside the jacket and "returns" the boy to the grieving father.

Director

Florian Baxmeyer

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

1 May 2002

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ulrich Noethen

  Vater

• 

  Catrin Striebeck

  Autofahrerin

• 

  Tetje Mierendorf

  DRK-Helfer

• 

  Philipp Hochmair

  UN - Sanitäter 1

• Nikola Janković

  Nikola