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      Icarus

      1975 1h 31m Drama List
      Reviews Eight-year-old Matthias dreams that he'll someday be a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together. His father has told him the story of Icarus and promised to take him on a sightseeing flight for his ninth birthday, but he doesn't come home. Matthias is devastated and eventually comes to the conclusion that Icarus didn't plummet to the ground because he didn't listen to his father, but rather because his father had forgotten him. Read More Read Less

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      Synopsis Eight-year-old Matthias dreams that he'll someday be a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together. His father has told him the story of Icarus and promised to take him on a sightseeing flight for his ninth birthday, but he doesn't come home. Matthias is devastated and eventually comes to the conclusion that Icarus didn't plummet to the ground because he didn't listen to his father, but rather because his father had forgotten him.
      Director
      Heiner Carow
      Screenwriter
      Heiner Carow
      Production Co
      Deutsche Film (DEFA)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      German
      Runtime
      1h 31m