Though this episode offers less realism than others, it can result in pure viewing joy (especially if you're still a boy at heart). The usual toy, the big truck (in this case with an open trailer serving both for storage of bottled beer in crates (umm.. under the sun of Chile?) and paying passengers) is topped by the fact that a railroad line and a small diesel locomotive with flat car are also involved. And of course Franz is the only one competent enough how to start a diesel engine, so he gets to drive it, right into a thrilling finale on a bridge.
Other plot elements include a job-seeking poverty opening for Franz and Max, gold-diggers and traders profiteering from him, a Zorro-like rebel who studied public economics in Germany (to provide a speaker of German in a far-away place, a frequent device).
Other plot elements include a job-seeking poverty opening for Franz and Max, gold-diggers and traders profiteering from him, a Zorro-like rebel who studied public economics in Germany (to provide a speaker of German in a far-away place, a frequent device).