The communist and resistance fighter Lorenz Reger, who after the war put all his efforts in the creation of a socialist German state, learns that he has only a short time left to live. Nevertheless, he wants to take on one last difficult new task: He wants to restructure a large firm which has run deep into the red numbers. In a short amount of time, Reger manages to establish mutual trust between the employees and the new management. Furthermore, he motivates the employees with his personal interest for their concerns.
В цехах Пенемюнде, а позже в подземных штольнях близ Нордхаузена, защищенных от налетов авиации, производилось в конце войны «чудодейственное оружие» нацистов. Используя это оружие против британского и голландского населения, Гитлер надеялся еще выиграть войну. Военнопленные, которых принуждали работать на военную промышленность фашистов, среди них советский летчик офицер Алексей, организуют ожесточенное тайное сопротивление.
Berlin in the 1960s. Olaf and Horst are two young metalworkers, who provoke their older colleagues with critiques of the antiquated equipment and lack of materials... not to mention their love of leather jackets and motorbikes. Olaf and Horst begin to be targeted in the house newsletter, and the generational conflict escalates.
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
В одном сказочном королевстве перестала смеяться принцесса. Никто не знает причины этого внезапного недуга. Озабоченный король обещает полкоролевства и дочь в жены тому, кто заставит принцессу хотя бы улыбнуться. О том, как умный, трудолюбивый и находчивый подмастерье сапожника Клаус сумел рассмешить принцессу и жениться на ней, и рассказывает фильм.
German teacher Miss Platzke starts working in a graduating class. Since she is young and inexperienced, the students soon consider her incapable of doing her job. Their disrespectful and harsh behavior makes Miss Platzke even more insecure, and she reacts with rigidity: On the last day before winter break she orders them to write an unannounced essay, thereby provoking a spontaneous strike.
At the age of 18, Johann Sebastian Bach was ordered to Arnstadt to test the functionality and quality of a new organ. At the same time, as a musician striving for the future, Bach strikes very idiosyncratic tones that arouse the excitement of the Rector Driver and other persons of spiritual and secular authority.
