
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.....
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Cast

Wolfgang Stumph
Werner Stankowski

Christian Tramitz
René Vonderecken

Jörg Schüttauf
Rudi Kloske

Petra Kleinert
Iris Stankowski

Gustav Peter Wöhler
Gunter Novak

Floriane Daniel
Anja Brokämper

Gerit Kling
Petra Kloske

Karin Thaler
Veronika Datzmeyer

Frederick Lau
Frank Kramer
Laura-Charlotte Syniawa
Laura Stankowski

Susanne Bormann
Andrea Kloske

Sky du Mont
Dr. Raimund Bruckmann
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