The Secret Floor
Main Programme

Germany, Austria, Luxemburg / 2025 / 96'
In German with English subtitles

Director: Norbert Lechner
Cast: Silas John, Annika Benzin, Maximilian Reinwald

When 12-year-old Karli moves to the Austrian Alps to help his parents restore a crumbling grand hotel, he stumbles upon a freight elevator with an extraordinary secret: it travels back to 1938. There he befriends Hannah, a young Jewish girl, and Georg, a hardworking shoeshine boy. When Georg is wrongly accused of theft, the three set out to find the real culprit and uncover something far more dangerous lurking behind the hotel's gleaming facade. Austrian director Norbert Lechner weaves history and adventure into a gripping mystery that never talks down to its young audience. A festival favourite, winning prizes at Goldener Spatz, Zlin and Giffoni.