From an early age, Arnold believes he is an extraterrestrial. Day in, day out, he is busy trying to build a flying machine that will finally take him "home". Protected by his mother Ida and her long-time admirer, the country doctor Emil, he is regarded as a quirky but lovable outsider in his home village.
Acting
Katja Riemann's exhausted love will wreck you.
Practical Effects
Arnold's ramshackle flying contraptions are beautiful disasters.
Production
Bleak Schleswig-Holstein landscapes as alien world.
Director
Hardi Sturm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Hardi Sturm cast himself as the asylum gatekeeper, literally controlling who enters Arnold's world.
The film quietly critiques Germany's psychiatric history—Ida's 'protection' mirrors how families historically hid 'embarrassing' relatives in institutions rather than integrate them.
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