The true story of Franz Streitberger, the director’s great-grandfather, a motorcycle courier for the Austrian Army. At the beginning of the Second World War, this introverted young soldier comes across a wounded fox cub that he looks after and takes to occupied France with him – and through this unique friendship, his own past as an outcast farmers son slowly catches up with him.
August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep going.
1866: The Prussian-Austrian war has left deep marks on Alois. In the snow-covered mountains, the Bavarian is robbed by a deserter, who does not turn out to be his worst enemy…
O turco-alemão Murat Kurnaz perdeu cinco anos de sua vida depois de ser acusado injustamente de terrorista e de ser enviado a uma prisão em Guantánamo (Cuba), onde foi vítima de torturas físicas e psicológicas. Cada minuto mudou algo dentro dele.
Nos anos 80, dois estivadores da Alemanha Oriental, Cornelis e Andreas, sonham um sonho impossível: deixar o país. Para poder fugir pelo mar, eles precisam entregar um de seus colegas para a polícia do Estado. O plano muda quando Cornelis se apaixona por uma jovem vietnamita chamada Phuong Mai.
The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted traditions.
