Sancho Pansa
When Stefan's father dies, the theater actor has to return to his hometown Bochum. But it is not easy to get rid of his parents' house, a monument of his life, when he meets Charlie with his old friends, acquaintances and his childhood sweetheart.
Karl Maronde
Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
Armin Dassler
Na década de 1920, os Adolf e Rudolf Dassler começam a fabricar calçados esportivos. Adolf é um artesão talentoso e seu sonho é que um dia todos os melhores desportistas do mundo calcem seus calçados. Rudolf, por outro lado, é o cérebro econômico da dupla, lidando com vendas e marketing. Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, eles continuam produzindo calçados, mas a relação entre os dois irmãos começa a deteriorar-se. Ambos afirmam que a empresa é sua, levando a uma crescente rivalidade, que persiste até hoje..