“Schacko Klak”, the title of the film, is an amalgam of the words “Schacko” (helmet) and “slap hat”.
The story begins in 1942 in a small Luxembourg village under Nazi occupation. The war has not yet affected the life of the village too much. Through the eyes of 11-year-old Chrëscht Knapp, the son of a carpenter, we get to know his family and the people of the village. Most of them are involved in one way or another in the resistance, but some collaborate with the occupier.
One day, everything changes in the small village of Chrëscht. An inhabitant was executed for having participated in the general strike of 9 October 1942. The Wehrmacht forcibly recruits young Luxembourgers, while the Gestapo searches houses for those who do not comply.
Through the journey of four student filmmakers and their professor who follow in the footsteps of their forefathers in the Land of Memory.
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