Schweinesand

The summer holidays begin and Luc, Joa, Gunda, Jo, and Feli discover that the boat they wanted to row across the Elbe has been stolen. And it gets worse: their classmate Alexa, whose rich parents care more about money than their child, disappears, and the kidnappers demand a quarter of a million marks in ransom. The bumbling police arrest the dreamy homeless man Figaro, a former actor and friend of the children who lives in a homemade hut on the banks of the Elbe, as a suspect. The children take it upon themselves to investigate. The trail leads to the Elbe island of Schweinesand. SCHWEINESAND is a children's crime novel by Stephanie Grau set on the banks of the Elbe in Hamburg. The story centers on Luc, Joa, Gunda, Jo, and Feli, who find their summer vacation disrupted by a crime. With a keen sense of children's perspectives and a setting between city and nature, the film tells a story of courage, friendship, and justice. The children courageously navigate a web of half-truths, suspicions, and false leads, determined to uncover the truth themselves. In the process, not only does their bond grow stronger, but their view of adults, authority, and responsibility also changes. SCHWEINESAND combines exciting detective work with a summery atmosphere and shows that curiosity is sometimes the best weapon against prejudice.