Acting
When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers. Despite early setbacks, many of his films breakout at the most renowned films festivals and polarise audience, critics and filmmakers alike. His radical views and self-exploitation, as well as his longing for love, have made him one of the most fascinating film directors of this time.
A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.
Vormärz in Germany: Gisela and Walther, a maid and a servant - a predestined path of life, which Gisela rebels against. Her free-thinking spirit puts her in great danger. Is Walther going to join her on this dangerous path?
Anna Fischer's career is hanging by a thread thanks to Nadja Auermann: Mandy Mutschke aka Mia Milana is an aspiring young designer and is living her dream in New York. Mia is working on her new collection with star designer Agnes van Beuyten. But Agnes senses serious competition and puts Mia out on the street. Her name is now Mandy again, she has to go back to the Berlin prefabricated building and start all over again. Active support will not be long in coming...
Hanni works around the clock as a cleaning lady. She has to because her husband, whom she loves, has not exactly shown himself to be a support financially. They also have their son Viktor. One day Hanni witnesses an attempted murder on an old lady. The killer now has an involuntary confidante and must eliminate her. But it doesn't come to that because Hanni uses her cleaning agents at the right moment, with her presence of mind. The killer falls unhappy and falls into a coma.
