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Former boxing world champion Kai Burdenski is up to his ears in debt and can neither pay rent nor electricity for his boxing school. This is tragic not least because he trains teenagers from youth welfare, for whom his run-down hall has become a home. In particular, the young, talented asylum seeker Samy, who lost her entire family while fleeing Afghanistan, has taken Burdenski under his wing. It doesn't take long for bailiff Billy Kuckuck to understand that the former boxing professional is more than just a coach for Samy and the other young people, namely also a social worker and surrogate father. Therefore, Billy looks for ways and means to help the boxing legend, and turns to his daughter Jessica. But she only saw her father from his worst sides during his sports career and doesn't want to hear anything from him anymore. Burdenski's stubbornness and pride are not helpful here either.
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Viena, 1937, en vísperas de la anexión de Austria a la Alemania nazi. El joven e inexperto Franz Huchel comienza a conocer tanto las alegrías como los reveses de la vida trabajando en un pequeño estanco como aprendiz de Otto Trsnjek, un veterano de guerra mutilado. Allí conoce al famoso psiquiatra Sigmund Freud, un cliente habitual, que se convertirá en un valioso amigo en tiempos de caos e incertidumbre.
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Riviera italiana, finales del año 1942. Un grupo de soldados alemanes goza de unos días de descanso antes de acudir al frente ruso para combatir en Stalingrado. El conflicto será tan sangriento que minará sus fuerzas y su moral. Una de las producciones más costosas del cine alemán de los últimos años, realizada con motivo del 50º aniversario de la conocida batalla. Su director, Joseph Vilsmaier ("Leche de otoño"), realiza un análisis psicológico de los cuatro soldados protagonistas. Todo sirve a Vilsmaier para denunciar la crueldad de la guerra. A destacar también las escenas de batalla, sin duda las más crudas de la historia del género hasta que llegó "Salvar al soldado Ryan".
