Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
| Directing | Adolf Winkelmann | Director |
| Writing | Ralf Rothmann | Novel |
| Camera | David Slama | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Christian Kitscha | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley |
| Art | Irene Piel | Art Direction |
| Editing | Jascha Viehl | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Jenny Eichelmeyer | Assistant Art Director |
| Lighting | Klaus Peter Venn | Gaffer |
| Camera | Thomas Korda | Steadicam Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henny Zimmer | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Adolf Winkelmann | Screenplay |
| Camera | Robert Patzelt | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Tommy Finke | Music |
| Camera | Hendrik A. Kley | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Nils Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Production | Greta Gilles | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Bürke | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Matthias Lempert | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Till Beckmann | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Gerrit Hecht | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Editing | Rudi Heinen | Editor |
| Art | Thorsten Sabel | Art Direction |
| Crew | Volker Lorig | Special Effects |
| Production | Iris Baumüller | Casting |
| Sound | Andreas Hildebrandt | Sound Designer |