The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Austria, the ensuing tide of East German refugees to Hungary and Czechoslovakia for transfer to West Germany, the pompous ceremonies at GDR's 40th anniversary, the inept transactions the Politburo took to salvage the situation, the resulting dismissal of their leader Erich Honecker, the international press conference in East Berlin on 9th November 1989, at which Politburo member Günther Schabowski erroneously announced the immediate opening of the 'Iron Curtain', which finally led to the collapse of socialism in the GDR and the other East Bloc countries.
Left behind by his mother, an alcoholic prostitute, Georg grew up carelessly with his aunt and grandmother. As an adult he works in a department store canteen and has become an outsider due to his shape and infantile appearance.
David flies from Tel Aviv to Munich to study. Through a gay friend he meets Thea, the older quirky landlady of a gay pub. He becomes friends with Thea. She recognizes through a ring David wears that he is her grandson.
A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a wealthy miser dies and leaves his fortune to Didi and five others, the five each hit upon the idea of eliminating Didi from the list (Didi does not know he has been named), but they do not realize how fate can step in and alter the best and worst of intentions.
While on a longer business trip, a wannabe poet urges his beautiful but more simple wife to answer his overly swollen love letters. With no idea how to respond she forwards the letters to a new young school teacher to use his answers instead...
After the brutal murder of the prostitute Vera Paterny, Inspector Reinisch hardly makes any progress with the investigation. Vera's colleague Sonja reports on wild sex parties of the murdered and mentions names, prominent names.
Действие фильма происходит в 1941 году. Нацистская Германия еще находилась в зените своих военных успехов, но все меньше людей верили в вечность и непогрешимость национал-социализма. К числу таких сомневающихся принадлежал и генерал Гарри Харрас, знаменитый немецкий ас, герой Первой мировой войны, занявший при Гитлере высокий пост в немецкой авиации. Харрас презирал выскочку ефрейтора, ненавидел созданный им преступный режим, однако служил ему верой и правдой. Но двойственность Харраса делает его позицию крайне уязвимой. Свободомыслие генерала выводит из себя адептов гитлеровского режима. Но и члены антифашистского подполья не доверяют ему, зная его как безотказного пособника национал-социализма. И в конечном итоге обе стороны подписывают Гарри Харрасу смертный приговор. Участившиеся акты саботажа на вверенных ему заводах окончательно компрометируют его в глазах гитлеровского режима. Загнанный в угол преследованиями гестапо, Харрас пытается найти спасение в бегстве.
