Sibylle's Mother
After a hot and steamy company party, Sibylle and Harald, both in their late thirties, spend the night together. He is a widower with two sons, with the younger son just entering school. She is single and relatively satisfied in her current relationship with a married colleague. When they meet again later, they resolve to enter into a strictly intellectual relationship.
Героиня фильма - Хелла Линдау, деятельница антифашистского движения, получает поручение передать большую суммы денег одному из товарищей. Деньги доставляет Герман Раймерс - курьер организации, с которым Хеллу связывают глубокие чувства. Предчувствуя предстоящую опасность, Герман и Хелла признаются друг другу в любви и дают обет верности до конца жизни. Уже на следующий день Хеллу арестовывают. Во время следствия она не предала своих товарищей. Приговор суда - 10 лет тюрьмы строгого режима...
Brunhilde
The former athlete Barbara follows her husband to the province and attempts to masters her new life, even after her separation from him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was the author of Werther, the romantic novel that was transformed into a play during Goethe's lifetime and which initiated the whole German romantic movement. The book's story tells of young love and suicide. In this East German film, based on a book by Thomas Mann, Lotte (Lilli Palmer) was the woman who served as the model for the heroine in the novel Werther. She comes to Goethe's hometown for a visit, and her experiences there eerily re-create episodes from the book. Goethe comes across as a pompous old bore, and his friends as pandering sycophants, in this very proper communist party-sponsored, anti-heroic movie.
Ellermutter
Ганс Рёкле, веселый искусный кукольник и изобретатель, возвращается в родную деревню после долгих странствий. Однажды в дом его является Дьявол, чтобы заполучить душу и талант мастера. Он заключает с ним договор, по которому мастер получает волшебную силу и возможность создать все, что бы ни задумал. Но если Рёкле за семью семь часов не создаст ничего, он проиграет всё…
Frau Häublein
When 17-year-old Angelika moves to Leipzig, she is forced to rent a room at Mrs. Häublein’s for a start, since her parents will not follow until a few months later. Fellow tenant Thomas, a philosophy student, is not at all enthused about his new, pretty housemate. Because of Angelika he has to move into a smaller room. Furthermore, he is annoyed at her many male acquaintances, without sensing that his aggression might be prompted by jealousy. When Angelika’s father comes for a visit, he asks Thomas to keep an eye on his daughter. Thomas takes this assignment very seriously and finally realizes that he has fallen in love with Angelika.
