Biopic charting the career of legendary German footballer Franz Beckenbauer who won the World Cup as a player in 1974, and then as the West German team's coach in 1990. Taking place against the backdrop of the stunning global tournaments, the film depicts a man who railed against the rigid structures and outdated rules in football and fought to conduct his private life as he wished, outside of the moral constraints and expectations of the time.
On the brink of committing suicide, factory-woman Marianne meets a strange, silent man in a white suit. She offers him a place to stay, but finds out soon he is badly wanted by the regime. She doesn't care: the uniform, barbed wired world is a much better place with his warm body by her side. Marianne is never ever going to let this happiness being taken away form her.
이부(異父)형제 미하엘과 브루노는 전혀 다른 성격의 소유자들이다. 어머니는 할머니에게 아들을 맡기고 섹스와 마약을 탐닉하는 공동체로 떠나버렸고, 둘은 각기 다른 방식으로 그 부재를 견뎌냈다. 분자생물학자가 된 미하엘은 이렇다할 성생활을 갖지 않고 연구에만 몰두한다. 반면, 브루노는 정신병원을 드나들 정도로 성에 탐닉하지만 아직 한 번도 자신을 충족시키는 여자와 만나지 못했다. 하지만 두 사람이 서른에 접어든 어느 날, 인생은 급변한다. 미하엘은 첫사랑 애나벨과 다시 만나게 되고 브루노는 마침내 자신의 성적 강박을 함께 즐길 수 있는 상대 크리스티안과 만나게 된 것이다. 드디어 행복을 거머쥐었다고 생각한 순간, 짓궂은 운명은 두 여자를 병에 걸리게 만들어 버린다. 미하엘과 브루노는 사랑을 위해 함께 고난을 이겨낼 것인지, 고통을 피해 외로움으로 점철된 본래의 삶으로 돌아갈 것인지를 결정해야 할 순간을 맞이하는데….
Karin Hoehne is a retired teacher living in Berlin - Haselhorst. On her way to meet her best friend Rosa Brathuhn she involuntarily witnesses a horrible murder on a passing train. A young woman gets chopped up by an ax murderer. Sadly the police, in particular exchange commissioner Rock Milchester, thinks that she is a slightly senile old lady, especially because no corpse was found. So what else can she do but to try to solve the case on her own. Rosa is quickly persuaded and off they go... A first clue is found next to the tracks. It leads Mrs. Hoehne to the salon of the master of hairstyling Horst Brueller where Miss Gisela Drache runs a strict regime. In spite of her age Mrs. Hoehne starts as a trainee and not only diva Veranda Strunzig-Lopez is quickly convinced of her talents, Horst Brueller and his silky lover Bruno as well. A poisoned wig and more bodies indicate that Mrs. Hoehne follows the right lead.
After Sam, a penniless Afro-German singer, discovers he's HIV positive, he gets utterly drunk, spends a few miserable days, but promptly falls (back) in love. Amidst a crumbling former East Berlin (its bulidings, cars, people & culture), Sam develops a "family" for the new millenium, for the new generation of post-drug cocktail AIDS victims. The fragile "family" he forms includes his on-again-off-again boyfriend Rainer, and his best friend Bastl with his latest fling, Mike. Like the old, schmaltzy East German songs which Sam is recording, the sweet innocence of the characters struggle to prevail, the misfortunes of the characters nothwithstanding.
