Opera singer Ludwig Löwenhaupt buys a living goose for his family's Christmas meal - but the entire family life is turned upside down when the youngest son gets convinced that the bird is able to talk.
An idealistic young architect moves from the big city to a small town intended to become an industrial center. Her ambitions meet the realities of socialist economics, bureaucracy, and indifference.
The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.