The film revolves around an intense boy, Tobias, totally into the Beatles and music, involved in an attempt to solve the mystery of the supposed death of Paul McCartney. He follows clues he imagines found on a record sleeve cover of the Beatles and most tellingly, John Lennon's voice at the end of a record saying he buried Paul. Coincidentally, an English speaking stranger arrives in the small town in a 60s VW Beatle with a licence plate that matches one on a a Beetle record sleeve.
What follows is sleuthing in the well established genre of children amateur detectives in literature by Tobias and his friend Helmut.
It's delightful good fun mainly due to the talented boy, Sebastian Urzendowsky, who plays the part of Tobias to perfection at age 15. .
What follows is sleuthing in the well established genre of children amateur detectives in literature by Tobias and his friend Helmut.
It's delightful good fun mainly due to the talented boy, Sebastian Urzendowsky, who plays the part of Tobias to perfection at age 15. .