An important sensory organ, the eye, is damaged. The exhausting healing process takes us on an inner journey full of pain, fragility and mental unrest, in which even superstition and witchcraft seem to have an influence on recovery.
Holocaust survivor Edek Rothwachs fled to Melbourne as a teen and still thrives at 80, so he balks when daughter Ruth urges him to retire in Berlin. But meeting spirited Polish Zofia gives him a new purpose. He stays, sparks chaos with his boundless energy, embarks on a romance, and helps her open a restaurant, turning Ruth’s quiet plan upside down.
Germany in the Thirties. A movie teller realizes that his profession is not longer needed. Silent movies are not produced any longer. Telling stories is the only thing the man was ever good in, so he does not know what to do now. As political circumstances are changing dramatically these days in Germany, he gets new hope that things will again be going better for him...
The ex-gymnast and survival artist Emil falls in love with the prostitute Lissy. Through her he meets some criminals whom he can help thanks to his gymnastic skills. But on his rise in the criminal hierarchy, Lissy might fall by the wayside.
Berlin, shortly after the fall of the Wall: Eddy from the East is the undisputed No. 1 in the business: no one sticks as fast as he does. In the evenings, the poster artist sits in his den, eats peanuts and ponders why women only ever go for his "friend" Ralf. The gloomy hours are suddenly over when Eddy is discovered for an advertising campaign. As "Shaky, der Erdnußmann (the peanut man)", he makes it big. With a souped-up Golf GTI and a really loud hi-fi drone, he dashes off into a new life. What falls by the wayside is the tender bond he has just forged with the voluptuous Margot...
Franziska Troegner (born June 18, 1954) is a German actress. Most of her roles are in German TV movies and serials. However, her most popular role was when she played Mrs. Gloop in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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