Nico Kleemann

With a t-shirt sale the two friends Günther and Wolfgang finally want to turn their backs on unemployment benefits. But this plan is not as easy to implement as expected and in the end, almost everything is different than it initially looks. But one thing is certain: there is always time of a Schnitzel.

Германия, 1931 год. Эрих Кестнер — популярный детский писатель, издавший бестселлер «Эмиль и детективы», по которому собираются снимать фильм. Писатель подружился с исполнителем главной детской роли, сиротой Хансом, который стал для бездетного Эриха не просто другом, но и олицетворением его любимого персонажа. Однако к власти в Германии приходят нацисты, и книги Кестнера тут же оказываются под запретом, а маленький Ханс записывается в Гитлерюгенд.

Andreas Dresen's adaptation of Clemens Meyer's novel about a group of East German friends right after the fall of the Wall.

In the late 70s, young Petra Grust begins teaching at the progressive Odenwald School. She is flattered by the trust placed in her by its widely respected headmaster Simon Pistorius. But gradually certain incidents at the boarding school begin to unsettle her. Petra then realizes that Pistorius is abusing Frank, a 13-year-old. When Frank is told that he has to spend school holidays with Pistorius, he tries to commit suicide. Petra tells Frank's father (the chairman of the school's governing body) but he believes Pistorius instead of his own son. Petra fails to convince people of the man's true nature. 30 years later, Frank goes to Petra, who has long since left the school and has stopped teaching altogether. He has never been able to speak about what happened but now, after the suicide of another pupil, he is no longer willing to remain silent. He wants Petra to bear witness at the school's forthcoming anniversary celebrations.

The life of young pharmacy student Merle seems to be already planned out, but meeting her parents expectations pushes her to her limits. Setting herself her first own task of learning the art of analogue photography, she dives into a new world, but begins to neglect everything else in her life.