Christine Haupt

The French workers who clean nuclear reactors are exposed to high levels of radiation. With impressive images the film portrays “nuclear nomads” who travel from one nuclear power plant to another in caravans, risking their health in the name of the future.

Brigitte lives alone, but she isn’t alone after all. However one door in her flat remains closed at all times. Behind that door lives her 21 years old son, Timo. Three years ago he decided to separate himself from the outside world. The only thing left for Brigitte is to wait. To wait for the next Whatsapp message. To wait for a court order that could be an inducement for change. She is waiting for the day the door will finally be opened. Whether that would be for better or for worse.

A woman meets a man in a bar late in the evening and goes to his apartment. A woman picks up a girl from school and runs with the child through the park. If we see such scenes in a movie, or are we watching such situations in life, we quickly believe we know who these women are: a woman looking for a fleeting adventure in the first scene, a caring mother in the second.

Vincent grew up in a violent surrounding, his own family. After a new family feud Vincent decides to call the police but is taken to a youth center unintentionally. There Vincent beats up the director who touched him improvidently. It seems that violence looms large in Vincent's life. Then he meets Butterfly, a diffident young boy who collects butterflies to bear his parent's death. Vincent gets curious about the butterfly boy and tries to empathize. Step by step Vincent gains the friendship of butterfly. But one day his mother reappears to tell him he is not wanted at home anymore. Vincent is stunned. All of a sudden his feelings burst out and he beats up his defenseless roommate: Butterfly.

Georg Dreyman é o maior dramaturgo da Alemanha Oriental, sendo por muitos considerado o modelo perfeito de cidadão para o país, já que não contesta o governo nem seu regime político. Apesar disto o ministro Bruno Hempf acha por bem acompanhar seus passos, para descobrir se Dreyman tem algo a esconder. Ele passa esta tarefa para Anton Grubitz, que a princípio não vê nada de errado com Dreyman mas é alertado por Gerd Wiesler, seu subordinado, de que ele deveria ser vigiado. Grubitz passa a tarefa a Wiesler, que monta uma estrutura em que Dreyman e sua namorada, a atriz Christa-Maria Sieland, são vigiados 24 horas.