Erwin Giese

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.

In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. At three distinct moments across the 20th and 21st centuries, these people — each carrying their own questions and inner struggles — inevitably find themselves drawn into the presence of this tree, full of mystery and meaning.

Desperate to keep custody of his daughter, a mixed martial arts fighter abandons a big match and races across Berlin to attend her birthday party.

A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.

Conductor Peter moves into a new apartment, but two musical worlds collide: Rich bass sounds boom from the apartment next door. The neighbor seems unresponsive to his interventions – until he realizes that Lina is a deaf dancer. Misunderstandings fuel the conflict. Will they find a common language?

A theater director tries to put on a play with real underprivileged Roma people about their lives but, feeling advantage of, the actors leave the troupe to gain a new consciousness.