Finjen Kiefer

After WWII, Helene is ready to do anything to start a new life. As a young woman, she came to the exciting Berlin of the roaring 20s, wanting to become a doctor, and soon fell in love with a man named Karl. But the course of her life took a drastic, irreversible turn when the Nazis came into power.

Eight-year-old Nina loves Christmas. It's best when her patchwork family of thirteen celebrates together - just like last year, when her new grandma was still alive. Things don't look too rosy for the approaching festivities, as the pre-Christmas meeting between the seven adults ends in an argument.