Adieu, Mon Ami (Adieu, mon ami) 28 years old

Germany, WWII: 10-year old Dagmar has just lost her beloved twin brother Doug and her family through a bomb attack. Together with a young girl who worked in the bakery of Dagmar's parents they escape to Bavaria and find shelter at some far relatives of Dagmar's family. The little girl just doesn't feel comfortable in the strange family but soon finds a good friend: Laurent, a 17-year old French alien employee. Laurent is tormented by August, the "head of the family", but cannot defend himself because as soon as he causes a conflict he will be sent into an approved school in France which is even worse. Dagmar and Laurent become very close and become almost like brother and sister, they are all they have and Dagmar even falls a bit in love with Laurent. One day August sees how Laurent hugs Dagmar, he provokes a conflict and at the end Laurent is sent back to France...

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Adieu, Mon Ami Cast

Name Character
Constanze Engelbrecht She was 46, 50 years old when she died as Dagmar
Hanns Zischler He was 48, now 76 years old as Serge
Julie Engelbrecht She was 11, now 39 years old as Dagmar, jung
Petra Berndt She was 31, now 59 years old as Leni Steiner
Jens Harzer He was 24, now 52 years old as Laurent(jung)

Adieu, Mon Ami Crew

Name Department
Franz Peter Wirth as Director. He was 76 (80) years old when He died Directing
Adieu, Mon Ami poster
Adieu, Mon Ami (28 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, April 10, 1996
  • Runtime: 105 minutes