Weimar, 1921. The life of 20-year-old Lotte Brendel seems to be predetermined. Her father sees her as a future wife and mother on the side of a man who is to take over the parental carpentry business. But the idiosyncratic Lotte joins a group of young artists against the will of her family, applies at the Bauhaus and is accepted. The Weimar Bauhaus, under the direction of the visionary Walter Gropius, aspires not only to combine arts and crafts, but also to find the place for the "New Man". In the student Paul Seligmann Lotte finds a supporter and her great love.
Heinrich von Kalb
O filme acompanha a história do triângulo amoroso das irmãs Caroline (Hannah Herzsprung) e Charlotte (Henriette Confurius) com o escritor Friedrich Schiller (Florian Stetter). As irmãs sempre foram muito próximas e amigas uma da outra, e partilhavam de um coração e alma muito interligados. Com a chegada de Schiller, as duas se veem presas a um mesmo amor, e são levadas pelo escritor, que se apaixona pelas duas igualmente. Carolline é casada, mas vive uma vida infeliz com o marido, e encontra em Schiller seu conforto. Já Charlotte vivia sonhando com um bom marido, e vê igualmente em Schiller o homem de sua vida. Os três começam a viver um romance juntos, mas os laços das irmãs podem não ser tão fortes para sustentar essa situação.
Ortwig
Maria tells her former colleague, Hanna, that she has undergone a cancer operation but is now cured. Soon after, she suffers a relapse. The doctors believe that she should be told the truth about her condition, and Hanna is willing to do so. For Maria, it is the beginning of several long, agonizing weeks until she is ready to accept that she has only a very small amount of time left to live. In the meantime, Hanna has to decide how she can help her friend die; an almost unbearable decision, but once made she carries it out to the last consequence.
