Sophie is admitted to hospital with a fainting spell. She has recently started feeling sick all the time and has a headache. She fears she might be pregnant again. And now she is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her husband Joachim is never around and their three sons consume all her energy. She...
Things are going wrong in the life of unsuccessful 30-year-old penny dreadful novelist Juliane. Her fiancé Jürgen has split up with her. She is rescued by her uncle Hans, who hires her as a temp for his dental practice in Berlin. Here she meets Büffel and Jean, a Swiss man with whom she...
Everything seems to be going according to plan for graduate engineer Oliver Berger. He has only just landed a lucrative contract for his employer when he is already entrusted with the next major project. He willingly puts up with constant trips abroad and working through weekends. Meanwhile, his...
His job is on the line, the children are annoying and things have been better with his wife Marion: Horst Michalke urgently needs a vacation. But it all comes to nothing when he drives over a man while drunk. Afraid of the police, Horst takes the unconscious man home with him. When the stranger...
Walter is an unemployed architect, who is getting ready to go for an interview. But just as he is about to leave his flat, an eight-year-old boy, Yuri, approaches him at the door, claiming to be his son. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
One could almost believe, two fresh lovers would kiss here tenderly. In fact, Jan and Katja come straight from the divorce judge who finished what had started promisingly - a harmonious, fulfilled marriage and family life. The common house building was too much for their relationship. While a dream...