Der kleine Kuno is an East German black and white children's adventure film, directed by Kurt Jung-Alsen. It was released in 1959, and is set in October 1959 during the tenth anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the communist East Germany state as seen through the lens of a little boy and his two-day adventures. The author of the film script, Peter Brock (1916-1982), subsequently modified the text into a popular book for children with the same title.

Plot

Kuno (Siegfried Ewert), a six-year-old boy, has had a long-sought after wish: he wanted to experience what it is that grown-ups do at night while he is asleep. After getting up (after feigning sleep), he sneeks out of his home.