Up until the middle of the 19Th century, poverty stricken mountain farmers from the Ticino area of Switzerland frequently sold their children to Milan as chimney sweeps or spazzacamini. That is also young Giorgios fate. He is forced to climb through pitch black chimneys, flinging down the soot with his bare hands. But he does not lose heart. Together with his buddies sharing in the same misery, he establishes the association of Black Brothers. They stick together, struggling against their penury and getting involved in fights with the street gangs of Milan. The film tells of the gripping adventures of the chimney sweep boys and their spectacular escape back to their native land.
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Moritz Bleibtreu as Antonio Luini
Waldemar Kobus as Battista Rossi
Richy Müller as Pater Roberto
Ruby O. Fee as Angeletta
Catrin Striebeck as Frau Rossi
Oliver Ewy as Alfredo
Sabine Timoteo as Giorgios Mutter
Margherita Schoch as Nonna
Fynn Henkel as Giorgio
Can Schneider as Dante
Rafael Koussouris as Enzo
Javidan Imani as Antonio
Jasper Smets as Riccardo
Sergen Ecin as Luigi
Max Damisi as Marco
Andreas Warmbrunn as Anselmo
Ciro de Chiara as Meister Spitzbart
Robin Gorges as Katze
David Hürten as Blatternarbiger
Ivd Immanuel Kortlang as Einaugiger
Leonardo Nigro as Giorgios Vater
Nedjo Osman as Meister 2
Jürgen Rißmann as Anita
Leni Wesselman as Andere Dame
Ingeborg Vehlen as Marktfrau (uncredited)
Peter Brachschoss as Handwerker (uncredited)
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