Hacky Rumpel

Five film students are producing a documentary about the local zoo when suddenly the animals go berserk: The reason is a light ball flying by in the sky and crashing at the horizon. Convinced that they've just witnessed a meteor landing the students follow the trajectory to document the event with their camera. In a forest area they discover a burned crater. Since it's too dark to film they decide to spend the night in their van. The next morning one of them is missing. The remaining students find first a trail of blood and then the torn up pieces of what used to be their friend. Soon they realize that something is hunting them - something that's not from this world.

Anja lives with her parents in a small town somewhere in Germany. She is about to graduate, but the weekend is usually celebrated. When Anja runs home from a party one morning, she is hit by a car on the highway. Apparently not much has happened. After the first shock has subsided, everyone is relieved that the accident has gone so smoothly. First. But it is becoming increasingly clear that Anja is no longer the same. She sleeps badly, suffers from panic attacks and delusions. It's as if she's been followed by gloomy shadows since that party night.

ГДР, 1975 год. Нелли провожает на конгресс физиков своего друга Василия – советского учёного, работающего в Берлине, который является отцом ее 6-летнего ребенка. Вскоре Нелли получает известие, что Василий погиб на родине в автокатастрофе. Не в силах пережить душевную боль, Нелли решает эмигрировать в ФРГ, чтобы, попрощавшись со своим прошлым, начать жизнь с чистого листа. Представив пограничникам подкупленного ею таксиста своим мужем и благополучно переехав границу, Нелли вздыхает с облегчением: самое опасное, кажется, осталось позади. Радоваться, однако, слишком рано…