Tom Sawyer

Rascal Tom Sawyer (Louis Hofmann) lives with his half-brother Sid (Andreas Warmbrunn) in the small town of St. Petersburg on the banks of the Mississippi with his Aunt Polly (Heike Makatsch), who is driven to despair by his constant pranks. His best buddy Huck Finn (Leon Seidel) is usually by his side. The orphan boy lives in a barrel by the riverbank. Recently, Tom has also taken an interest in a girl. The beautiful Becky Thatcher (Magali Greif), the daughter of the new judge (Peter Lohmeyer), has just moved to town. Naturally, he wants to impress the young daredevil, but he has no idea that he will have the opportunity to do so sooner than he would like. One night, when Tom sneaks out with Huck to the cemetery, he witnesses Indian Joe (Benno Fürmann) commit a murder and frame the drunken Muff Potter (Joachim Krol) for it. Tom and Huck swear to keep silent about the events of that night, but when the clumsy yet lovable Muff is threatened with hanging, Tom is tormented by the dilemma: Should he risk his life and his friendship with Huck to save Muff?.