Kiezjargon Leonidas

Only the others have fun In the Hamburg social drama a teenager experiences the cold side of the neighbourhood Hunger drives Leon Albert Lichtenstern onto the street His mother has once again not taken care of him and is somewhere To get money and food the 15yearold steals everything that is not nailed down He finds small odd jobs in the rundown Palaise Cherie brothel which has become a place to go for him His fatherly friend Klaus Detlev Dorendorf the Koberer sits on his stool day and night and tries to guide passersby into the shop And then there is a prostitute to whom Leon feels attracted As always the boy somehow gets through the day but this time he has to realise that his mother is not coming back to him