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In 1991, the mood in East Germany is gloomy. Unemployment and poverty among the population in the GDR are high. Many people blame the Treuhand for the misery. Werner Stankowski, a trained computer scientist and computer specialist, is unable to find work despite hundreds of applications. His wife considers him a failure and leaves him for a rich man from the West. Only his best friend Rudi, who is also unemployed, sticks by him. Rudi's wife Gerda keeps the family afloat with a poorly performing erotic mail order business. Werner then gets a job interview with a computer company in Munich. The Wessis denounce Werner during the interview and humiliate him with Stasi slogans.....Read moreLess
In 1991, the mood in East Germany is gloomy. Unemployment and poverty among the population in the GDR are high. Many people blame the Treuhand for the misery. Werner Stankowski, a trained computer scientist and computer specialist, is unable to find work despite hundreds of applications. His wife considers him a failure and leaves him for a rich man from the West. Only his best friend Rudi, who is also unemployed, sticks by him. Rudi's wife Gerda keeps the family afloat with a poorly performing erotic mail order business. Werner then gets a job interview with a computer company in Munich. The Wessis denounce Werner during the interview and humiliate him with Stasi slogans.....
The story
In 1991, the mood in East Germany is gloomy. Unemployment and poverty among the population in the GDR are high. Many people blame the Treuhand for the misery. Werner Stankowski, a trained computer scientist and computer specialist, is unable to find work despite hundreds of applications. His wife considers him a failure and leaves him for a rich man from the West. Only his best friend Rudi, who is also unemployed, sticks by him. Rudi's wife Gerda keeps the family afloat with a poorly performing erotic mail order business. Werner then gets a job interview with a computer company in Munich. The Wessis denounce Werner during the interview and humiliate him with Stasi slogans.....
Cast & crew
Wolfgang StumphWerner Stankowski
Christian TramitzRené Vonderecken
Jörg SchüttaufRudi Kloske
Petra KleinertIris Stankowski
Gustav Peter WöhlerGunter Novak
Floriane DanielAnja Brokämper
Gerit KlingPetra Kloske
Karin ThalerVeronika Datzmeyer
Frederick LauFrank Kramer
Susanne BormannAndrea Kloske
Sky du MontDr. Raimund BruckmannExplore the crew
- Director
- Franziska Meyer Price
- Writer
- Johannes W. Betz
- Writer
- Thomas Brussig
- Producer
- Heike Streich
- Producer
- Klaus Bassiner
- Producer
- Michael Lehmann
- Editor
- Ann-Sophie Schweizer
- Director of Photography
- Peter Ziesche