In the organizer's words:

Twelve-year-old Karli moves to the Alps with his family, where his parents finally fulfill their dream of owning their own hotel.

During his wanderings through the former grand hotel, he discovers that he can travel back in time in an old freight elevator - and ends up in the year 1938! Karli makes friends with the Jewish guest girl Hannah and the shoeshine boy Georg. But Karli doesn't dare tell his friends what he learns about the year 1938 and why it is vital that Hannah doesn't go back to Berlin. When Georg is wrongly accused of theft and fired, his new friends want to help him and find the real crook. In the process, the three discover that strange things are going on in the hotel. Is the handsome pianist Bruno a jewel thief? And is Hannah's father in cahoots with him?

The children decide to crack the mystery and find out that a huge secret is hidden behind the hotel façade!

Audience premiere as part of the Eyes Open Cinema Day on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism with a welcoming address by Katrin Kowark (Foundation EVZ) and a keynote speech by Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau (Head of Strategic Communication, Buchenwald Memorial)

The film will be followed by a discussion with Antonia Rothe-Liermann (screenwriter of DAS GEHEIME STOCKWERK), Konstantin Horn (child actor in DAS GEHEIME STOCKWERK) and Elisabeth Wenk (Festival Director of the German Children's Media Festival Goldener Spatz), moderated by Nhi-Le (journalist)

Special: Accompanying persons under the age of 18 receive Free admission when buying a regular ticket. Buy One Get Two tickets are only available at the box office and only while stocks last.

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Looking away has always been a bad idea. On the day of remembrance of the victims of National Socialism, the Augen auf-Kinotag invites you to confront history under the motto "When do I raise my voice?". Augen auf-Kinotag is an initiative of the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ). https://www.augenauf-kinotag.de/