The main characters in this film are wives of rich men who have nothing to do because they have staff – like the cook, the maid, the hairdresser, the manicurist, the governess, the teacher, the tailor etc. – who work for them. Naturally, the wives themselves do not pursue careers, they depend on their husbands’ money. This is why most of their thoughts revolve around the husband. And because the husband only appears as “the” man, there is no man in this film. All women fight for the same man. Those who have one, want to keep him no matter what. And those who do not have one yet only have one goal: To take away somebody else’s husband.
Inspirado en hechos reales ocurridos en los años sesenta, cuenta la historia de Richard Speck. Un grupo de 8 enfermeras comparten casa cuando entra en sus vidas un veterano del Vietnam que les hace padecer su misoginia. Las tortura y asesina fríamente una a una, evitando la persecución policial.
Kurt Hoffmann's film adaptation of Tucholsky's eponymous novella is situated in 1910s Berlin: The aspiring editor Wolf runs into Claire by chance. Both are attracted to one another, yet they are not entirely certain about their feelings. They embark on a trip to Rheinsberg to assure themselves about their sentiments. And indeed, the time spent in the romantic provincial town brings clarity to their situation.
A count's son has a place to meet his poor Parisian girlfriend and they even make some money for a while with him singing and her playing piano.But the father offers him support to marry someone else.
The unsuccessful artist struggles to feed his young family. He takes on a job painting the daughter of an widowed art dealer. What he doesn't know, is that the art dealer desires his wife. The artist himself falls in love with the art dealer's daughter.
