Amrum

At the end of World War II, Nanning is still a boy, but he is forced to take on the role of head of the family because his father has been taken prisoner and his mother is expecting another child. She is also losing her faith in Nazi ideology and succumbing to despair. Nanning tries to fulfill his role as best he can, working on the farm, collecting wood on the seashore, learning to fish and hunt to provide enough food for his siblings. His biggest dream is to fulfill his mother's greatest wish: to get a piece of white bread with butter and honey, a luxury that seems unattainable in the last days of the war. In his quest to obtain these three things, he encounters difficulties in the form of losing his bicycle, finding a dead Allied pilot, and Germans fleeing from the approaching front. He also uncovers a dark secret hidden within his own family. In the end, he manages to get everything he wanted, including the coveted slice of bread with honey and butter for his mother. This seemingly small act, which is proof of love for Nanning, becomes a symbol of the end of childhood and the loss of illusions at a time when the old world is finally ending and a new one is just beginning.