When fear of one's own civil courage prevails: A provocation on the streetcar escalates and ends in a brawl. In front of numerous passengers, a fellow passenger is beaten up by two teenagers. One of the male victims ends up in a coma, while his girlfriend is unharmed. When four witnesses are questioned about the incident, none of them can remember anything. Can the young public prosecutor Jessica Maurer still bring those responsible to justice?
Sonja Gerhardt
Jessica Maurer
Maximilian Beck
Kevin
Hans Brückner
Richter Behrend
Oliver Bröcker
Gerd Voigt
Pia Micaela Barucki
Doro Voigt
Mira Elisa Goeres
Drogerieverkäuferin Nicole
Holger Franke
Hans Armbruster
Knut Berger
Frank Jentzke
Julius Dombrink
Isaac Akibo
When fear of one's own civil courage prevails: A provocation on the streetcar escalates and ends in a brawl. In front of numerous passengers, a fellow passenger is beaten up by two teenagers. One of the male victims ends up in a coma, while his girlfriend is unharmed. When four witnesses are questioned about the incident, none of them can remember anything. Can the young public prosecutor Jessica Maurer still bring those responsible to justice?
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
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A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
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