Anthropologist Tobias Schmidt-Eberbach is about to get married. However, a find of a prehistoric skull on his wedding day messes up his plans. So does hitchhiker Uschi Mueller who he picks up merely by accident. It does not help that the police thinks that Tobias is a serial killer and Uschi his next victim, and neither that the real killer is still on the loose…
Rome, Italy, early 1980s. A guy who worked at the Blue Gay, a transvestite cabaret, is found murdered, strangled. Marshal Nico Giraldi is responsible for investigating, infiltrating the Roman Gay community.
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.
Alemania, 1962. La ciudad de Berlín se haya divida por el gran Muro que separa la parte comunista de la capitalista en la época del Telón de Acero. En este contexto, Karl Schröder (Don Murray) es un chófer que trabaja para el gobierno de la Alemania del Este y que es testigo en primera persona del asesinato de un amigo mientras conducía su coche. Animado por la hermana de dicho amigo, Erika Jurgens (Christine Kaufmann), traza un plan para escapar al sector oeste de la ciudad. ¿Su plan? Excavar un túnel por debajo del muro.
