The unorthodox millionaire's wife Eva Klüber raves when her husband Rainer divorces her and she should keep according to the marriage contract nothing of the common assets. Eva fictitiously her own kidnapping, in order to come to what they see as more than earned money. But her perfect plan is backfiring in several ways.
This film follows its two protagonists Anne and Leo like a wandering companion. Both in their early thirties, they are close friends but not a couple. What connects them is their urban background and their cosmopolitan attitude. Where they differ is their completely diverging approach to the little things in life. Their days and nights are full of possibility and yet nothing presents itself as inevitable. Anne is a successful director pursuing her career with singleminded determination. But she doesn’t have much of a social life. Leo’s head is in the clouds. He wants to be a photographer and is yearning to love and be loved. Their personal encounters and inspirational adventures cause them to realise the limitations of their varying approaches to life.
The end of a summer, a sleepy fishing port on the Baltic Sea and the beginning of a great feeling that must not be: Shortly before the start of the new school year, the 18-year-old Christian falls in love with his new English teacher Stella Petersen. In a moment of unexpected lightness and freedom, in the dunes and seascape far away from the small town, Stella and Christian discover a shared longing and an attraction to each other, the intensity of which both overwhelmed. But soon after class has begun again, the secret relationship between the young teacher and her pupil threatens the scandal ...
2차 대전 당시 소련군의 포로가 되었다가 10여 년의 세월이 지난 후에 가족의 품으로 돌아온 클레멘스 포렐의 실화를 영화로 만든 작품. 2차대전 당시 소련군의 포로가 된 포렐은 강제노동 수용소에서 4년을 보내다가 탈출에 성공해 고국으로 돌아가려한다. 하지만 탈출과정은 순탄치 않아 수용소의 소장이었던 카마네프가 그의 뒤를 쫓고, 도중에 만난 사람들의 위협에 처하기도 하고, 스파이 혐의를 받기도 한다. 포렐의 탈출과정은 소설로도 출판되었을 뿐 아니라 이전에도 영화화되었다.
