Narra la historia del sacerdote católico Henri Kremer, prisionero en un campo de concentración por negase a obedecer las leyes racistas de la Alemania hitleriana. Kremer fue también amenazado con la muerte de su familia y de sus compañeros, si no convencía al obispo de Luxemburgo, para que se comprometiera con el régimen nacionalsocialista
The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satellite state to the big brother in Moscow. The film looks for the caesura and crucial points in the power game between Ulbricht and Honecker.
For his mockery a witch transforms the pert boy Jacob into an ugly dwarf, but teaches him at the same time how to cook. Jacob quickly becomes a master of his trade and is named the prince's first cook. Only the mysterious herb "sneeze-with-passion" is unknown to him. Based on a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff.
