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- DirectorAndrew WesselsStarsJoey RasdienDavid KauDavid Kibuuka"Blitzpatrollie" chronicles the adventures of Rummy Augustine (Joey Rasdien) and his partner, Ace Dikolobe (David Kau), police officers who have had the misfortune of being stationed in a little known depot in the belly of the Johannesburg CBD. Rummy is bogged down with trying to start a family and an overbearing mother-in-law who just won't move out. The overzealous Ace, on the other hand, can think of nothing better to do in the morning than to put on his "lucky" bulletproof vest and head out to kick some bad guy ass. Whilst in a poor white neighborhood, trying to solve yet another small-time crime, Rummy and Ace, along with their inept sniper colleagues, accidentally stumble upon a massive drug haul. What ensues is a series of mishaps as the duo encounter some of the city's craftiest crooks in a race against time to catch the bad guys and claim their place in crime fighting glory.
- DirectorDavid WnendtStarsCarla JuriChristoph LetkowskiMarlen KruseThe adventures of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
- DirectorBenjamin HeisenbergStarsGeorg FriedrichAndré WilmsNicolas WackerbarthA weird friendship story between a book thief and an old psychology professor who was a Nazi in the past.
- DirectorMatthias SchweighöferTorsten KünstlerStarsSascha AlexanderAriane PochonMartin NeuhausPaul, an employee at a professional separation agency that helps couples break up amicably, tries to tackle the problems that come with Toto, the boyfriend of a customer, while he has his own thinking to do about love and relationships.
- DirectorJoram LürsenStarsMichiel RomeynThomas AcdaAnneke BlokThe bumpy love lives of four Amsterdam couples intersect during the days leading up to Dutch national holiday Sinterklaas.
- DirectorRemy van HeugtenStarsElise SchaapYolanthe CabauDerek de LintNajib Amhali will play an Italian car salesman to impress the woman of his dreams, but he gets entangled in his own web of lies.
- DirectorJoram LürsenStarsCarice van HoutenThijs RömerBenja BruijningFinding themselves at a crossroads in their tumultuous lives, the members of a daftly dysfunctional family struggle to sort out their hopes, fears, and expectations.
- DirectorArne FeldhusenStarsChristoph Maria HerbstMilena DreißigBjarne MädelThe movie spin-off of the TV series centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.
- DirectorPeter ThorwarthStarsMoritz BleibtreuAxel SteinJasmin GeratBank teller Till Reiners' life is torn out of a rut by a series of offbeat coincidences that ultimately lead him to find himself and realize his life isn't so bad after all.
- DirectorBora DagtekinStarsElyas M'BarekKaroline HerfurthKatja RiemannA comedy that follows an ex-convict who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.
- DirectorMarco PetryStarsMax RiemeltAnna FischerJessica SchwarzTim and his friend Can go to bars and lie to girls about one of them being terminally ill so they can gain sympathy and be guaranteed a "hook up" for the night. Tim meets Marie hooks up with her, but of course, they fall in love. However, Marie takes care of her older sister Edda who is sick and has lost the "zest for Life" and spends a lot of time in bed waiting for death to come. Although Marie still believes that Tim is terminally ill, Edda knows that Tim is faking.
- DirectorMatthias SchweighöferTorsten KünstlerStarsMatthias SchweighöferMavie HörbigerThomas KretschmannWhat a Man: The young teacher Alex is abandoned by his girlfriend Caroline and therefore begins a journey in search of himself. But how he overcomes the pitfalls out there for a modern man? And what is it that makes a man a man?
- DirectorDetlev BuckStarsAlexandra Maria LaraJenny MooreDejan BucinAn actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.
- DirectorTil SchweigerStarsTil SchweigerNora TschirnerMatthias SchweighöferRainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months; he's released on probation but must work at a local daycare center for 300 hours. He meets Anna, who has unfinished business with him.
- DirectorTil SchweigerTorsten KünstlerStarsTom BeckAnnika BlendlYvonne CatterfeldLudo Decker and Anna Gotzlowski have been living together for two years. Everyday routine has set in, with Ludo neglecting his household responsibilities much to Anna's dislike, while he is in turn annoyed by her constant complaining. When Ludo runs into his former lover Marie in the disco, and Anna's old boyfriend Ralf comes to stay in their flat for a few days, the young couple faces serious jealousy and doubt in their relationship. Anna secretly reads Ludo's phone messages, while he in turn stumbles upon "The List", an account of Anna's former lovers-including Ralf, who scores better than Ludo does. After a number of provocations, Ludo beats Ralf in a restaurant, and angrily leaves Anna. Even though the two still strongly care for each other, they end up sleeping with their respective ex-lovers. Ralf confesses that he never stopped loving Anna, but she rejects him and tells Ludo what happened. Even though Ludo has cheated on her as well, he angrily argues that she herself told him that, unlike men, women do not actually sleep with someone without feelings being involved. Anna begs him to come home, but he only says that he has no home any more, and leaves. Meanwhile, Ludo's best friend Moritz desperately tries to get more successful with women, and ends up in a number of absurd situations. In the end, he meets a young and beautiful sex-addict named Lana. After a few weeks, Anna receives a letter from Ludo, who has traveled back to the place where they spent their first and only vacation together. He writes that he misses her terribly, and that he wants nothing more than to come back, have children, and spend the rest of his life with her. Anna follows him and finds him on a lonely beach, where she tells him that she wants a "little Ludo" before they can talk about a "little Anna". In the end, they return home together.
- DirectorMarkus GollerStarsMatthias SchweighöferRuth-Maria KubitschekAugust DiehlA young man kidnaps an 87-year-old woman to escape his looming fatherhood and instead finds what's important about life.
- DirectorTil SchweigerStarsTil SchweigerJohanna WokalekNadja TillerHedonistic bachelor Nick falls for an escaped mental patient.
- DirectorTil SchweigerTorsten KünstlerStarsArthur AbrahamAndreas AdamSascha AlexanderHenry,his daughter Magda,his girlfriend Katharina and their newborn son live together happily,but everything starts to change when Katherina decides to live separately for a while.
- DirectorTil SchweigerTorsten KünstlerStarsNuman AcarMeret BeckerGode BenedixHenry is a handsome screenwriter who is trying to win the heart of the woman he truly loves. His plans are interrupted when he finds Magdalena, a little girl at his house.
- DirectorSimon VerhoevenStarsChristian UlmenNadja UhlWotan Wilke MöhringThe story follows six very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Yet, they are somehow connected to each other.
- DirectorSimon VerhoevenStarsNadja UhlChristian UlmenNika von AltenstadtThe heroes from "Männerherzen - Men in the city" return and are searching for their "one and only true great love" more vigorously than ever, which also happens to be the name of Schlager singer Bruce Bergers new song. Günther, Niklas and Philip now work for Bruce's label and while their boss bites off "a bit" more than he can chew, Jerome is taking a sabbatical in the country at his parents' house. Niklas is playing the dating game while Philip becomes a father and Günther has very particular issues in his relationship. A truly great comedy for men and women with heart and mind.
- DirectorMarkus GollerStarsMatthias SchweighöferFriedrich MückeAlicja BachledaA young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago.
- DirectorMark de CloeStarsKatja HerbersBarry AtsmaGeorgina VerbaanFollowing the love lives of different types of men in Amsterdam.
- DirectorBettina OberliStarsStefan KurtAnnemarie DüringerStanley TownsendAndré, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their doorstep - a stranger who will soon turn their quiet life upside down.
- DirectorJakob LassStarsLana CooperFranz RogowskiKerstin AbendrothLuxury hotel. Luxury clientele. Irritable staff. A couple who might fall in love, or they might leave their relationship in its raw state - like the titular steaks.
- DirectorDavid WnendtStarsOliver MasucciThomas M. KöpplMarc-Marvin IsraelAdolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsKarin GötzMattis BöttcherEnzi FuchsFive vignettes around the theme of what can happen when teenagers' parents are away from home ... and then return unexpectedly.
- DirectorHans BillianStarsAlena PenzGunter ZieglerFranziska StömmerTo get an inheritance from his uncle, a young man must make love to seven women in 7 days. He goes through so much to get the inheritance in this typical farce.
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsSusanne SachßeDaniel BätscherAndreas StichA left-wing terrorist group, consisting of several homosexual men and a female leader, kidnaps the son of a wealthy industrialist.
- DirectorDani LevyStarsHenry HübchenHannelore ElsnerUdo SamelA Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked for years and to meet all his other family members. But during the preparations for the funeral he plays a snooker-cup for paying his debts with the money for the victory, and many other things mixes up.
- DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsJürgen VogelChristiane PaulRicky TomlinsonAfter he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...
- DirectorDetlev BuckStarsTil SchweigerDetlev BuckLeander HaußmannEin weiteres Highlight am deutschen Kinohimmel. Ein Förderprogramm bringt die beiden Knackis Gerd und Steinbock in die Obhut von Frauen. Dort sollen sie beweisen, dass sie in der Lage sind sich in die Gesellschaft zu integrieren. Nun bringt Gerd dummerweise einen Barbesitzer um. Damit hat der Ausflug in die Freiheit vorläufig ein Ende.
- DirectorDani LevyStarsMarkus HeringMeret BeckerVeronica FerresLife is too long.
- DirectorLeander HaußmannStarsMichael HerbigJürgen VogelThekla ReutenIn 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run its course.
- DirectorCyrill BossPhilipp StennertStarsChristian TramitzChristian UlmenMónica CruzJerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers of gangster boss Serrano.
- DirectorChristian LerchStarsFlorian BrücknerMathias KellnerMaximilian BrücknerThree brothers are finding her way home after a disastrous accident of her uncle in their childhood.
- DirectorMarkus GollerStarsGisela SchneebergerBettina MittendorferRosalie ThomassWhen their little supermarket is threatened by bankruptcy, three shop assistants in rural Bavaria start their own phone sex line.
- DirectorAnno SaulStarsDenis MoschittoNora TschirnerEmanuel BettencourtIn Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, wants to direct the first German kung-fu movie. For now he makes commercials for his uncle's kebab restaurant. When Titzie, Ibo's aspiring-actress girlfriend, finds out that she's pregnant, Ibo's uncertainty about fatherhood is compounded by his own father's disowning him for getting a German girl pregnant--so Titzie sends him packing. He makes attempts at getting it right, but as the birth approaches, he's still not ready. In the background are three thugs in search of good tripe soup and a Capulet-Montague feud between the kebab joint and the Greek taverna across the street. Can Ibo be the glove upon that hand?
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsAdam BousdoukosMoritz BleibtreuPheline RogganIn Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
- DirectorVicco von BülowRenate Westphal-LorenzStarsEvelyn HamannVicco von BülowIrm HermannAfter ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire. The former manager has plenty of time now to spend with his wife and their 16 year old son. But - do they want that?
- DirectorLars KraumeStarsAlexander ScheerGötz GeorgeChulpan KhamatovaViktor Vogel gets a huge career boost when he sneaks into a high-powered ad agency meeting and becomes veteran ad man Eddie Kaminsky's new partner on a big campaign. Can he hold on to his integrity in the cutthroat world of advertising?
- DirectorMichael SchorrStarsHorst KrauseHarald WarmbrunnKarl-Fred MüllerSchultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.
- DirectorLeander HaußmannStarsKim FrankOliver BröckerDetlev BuckThe story of young recruits doing their compulsory military service in the East German army 'NVA' prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- DirectorSebastian PetersonStarsDaniel BorgwardtXenia SnagowskiAdrian HeidenreichHeroes Like Us presents as heroes ordinary teenagers and young East German adults, who in Thomas Brussig's (the novel and screenplay author) story, caused the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Our young hero falls in love, from an early age, with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. Our hero's father, however, is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son's relationship with the girl, but he arranges for his son, after finishing school, to become a Stasi spy himself. The absurdities of everyday life in the former German "Democratic" Republic are comically (sometimes tragically) are exposed throughout the film.
- DirectorDoris DörrieStarsUwe OchsenknechtGustav-Peter WöhlerPetra ZieserTwo very different brothers get together for a temporary stay in a Japanese Zen monastery. The trip from Germany to Japan brings up some unexpected quests they need to manage. Soon both really must leave their ordinary lives behind to embark on a voyage to themselves.
- DirectorRobert WildeStarsChristian UlmenJonas is 18-years-old and has had to repeat several years of his education. His acceptance into Brandenburg's Paul Dessau Comprehensive School is his last chance at getting any qualifications. The experimental film project 'Jonas' is mix of fiction and documentary. It was shot during actual lessons at a comprehensive school in Brandenburg. It uses the teachers and pupils of the school, and stars Christian Ulmen as Jonas. The aim of the project was to capture the influence of an artificial figure in a real space. Made with a subtly wry smile, this is a fascinating study of the school system, puberty, love and music.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsJürgen VogelKai WiesingerGedeon BurkhardWhen dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen, he stumbles into the audition for next year's new students. He lets Johannes, the broke and unsuccessful applicant, stay with him. Ingo decides to go to Munich with Johannes, where he wants to try his luck once again. Hitchhiking, they get rides with very different drivers on the autobahn. They meet up with the smooth-talking Ali in the wayside dinner "Raststätte Spessart". Arriving in Munich, the trio tries to find cheap sleeping accommodation. They enter Ingo into the audition at Munich acting school, and Johannes falls in love with street artist Herta from Berlin.
- DirectorHanns Christian MüllerStarsGerhard PoltGisela SchneebergerDieter HildebrandtA very middle-class Bavarian family spend the last day of their Mediterranean vacation on the beach, day-dreaming and muttering racist remarks about Italians.
- DirectorHanns Christian MüllerStarsGerhard PoltGisela SchneebergerNikolaus ParylaFork-lift truck driver Ferdinand Weitel is desperate: he earns just a few deutschmarks a month, and now an unsavoury insurance agent has talked him into signing over expensive contracts. When Weitel decides to visit the assurance agency and put matters right, on carnival day, his journey turns into a satirical trip through German party life...
- DirectorGerhard PoltFred UngerStarsGerhard PoltChristiane HörbigerUlrike KrienerErnst Held is managing a hotel together with his posh, suppressive wife, but is more interested in writing poetry. When Ernst is apparently "caught in the act" with a woman who he was just reading his poems to, he flees to Munich, trying to find a new job - as a waiter and as a poet.
- DirectorChristian ZübertStarsElmar WepperMercan-Fatima TürkögluIvan Anderson6-year old Hayat turns up in Hartmut's taxi without a word of German. All attempts to get rid of her fail. So he resigns himself to helping her find her mother. But is he helping her or she helping him? Slowly Hayat changes his outlook on life.
- DirectorPeter ThorwarthStarsPeter ThorwarthRalf RichterHilmi SözerA group of rather slapdash builders are rather imaginative at solving what problems come their way. Whatever it is that doesn't fit the picture, it will be made fit in no time.
- DirectorThomas JahnStarsTil SchweigerJan Josef LiefersThierry van WervekeTwo terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
- DirectorDavid DietlStarsOlli DittrichVeronica FerresWanja MuesThomas Müller is spotted by a marketing agency for his exceptional normality.
- DirectorMichael HerbigStarsMichael HerbigChristian TramitzMarie BäumerThe hilarious adventures of two best friends, Apache chief Abahachi and cowboy Ranger, in the Wild West.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsMoritz BleibtreuChristiane PaulMehmet KurtulusA young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.
- DirectorOguzhan TercanStarsHaluk BilginerMehmet Ali ErbilBirol ÜnelWith the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection.
- DirectorBenjamin QuabeckStarsTom SchillingRobert StadloberJessica SchwarzThe year is 1981, the German New Wave is at the peak. Harry, otherwise Sparkasse trainee, wants to make it big as a manager of the band of his friends, Apollo Schwabing. He has booked the band as the opening act for a concert where the group DAF are the headliners.
- DirectorSimon MoraHardy StrohnStarsHelmut DiehlJoe DiehlNikolaus GrigoriadisKermet, Ögrem and Lorenzo meet in prison after commiting different crimes. They escape and steal a car to meet Albaner. Lorenzo leaves them to get a haircut. While he is away the others get into trouble...
- DirectorSebastian SchipperStarsFrank GieringFlorian LukasAntoine Monot Jr.Three friends from Hamburg spend one last night on the town before one of them leaves the city forever.
- DirectorHarald SicheritzStarsRoland DüringerMarie BäumerNora HeschlStraight from his boss' funeral an austrian car salesman goes on a club hollyday with his german wife and his teenage daughter. Stressed out about his future at the job, his stray suitcase and his daughters hollyday flirts also breaks the old feud between austrians and germans wich leads to quite bizarre events.
- DirectorHarald SicheritzStarsRoland DüringerNina ProllRudolf RohaczekHerbert Krcal lives with his wife and son in a small apartment in Vienna. He dreams of owning his own house but houses are expensive. During a walk in the woods, he finds an old run-down house and decides to buy it. When he begins the renovation he realizes that his new home requires more than some wallpaper and paint. Soon the do-it-yourself handyman is caught up in a home building nightmare.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsVeronica FerresJoachim KrólRichy MüllerFranziska is a romantic woman with two children and a husband who is working around the globe as a movie director. When she wants to buy a flat, she gets in contact with Enno Winkel, a fanatic lawyer whose hobby is divorce cases. Before she even realizes what is happening, Enno Winkel initiates her divorce.
- DirectorHelmut DietlStarsGötz GeorgeUwe OchsenknechtChristiane HörbigerThe slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.
- DirectorMarc RothemundStarsChristoph WaltzHeio von StettenAnn-Kathrin KramerFollows a divorced couple and their separate, cyclonic sexual escapades, and all of the spin offs.
- DirectorMichael KeuschStarsLuke WilkinsAlexandra NeldelHenriette Richter-RöhlThe young policeman Karl-Heinz Krause works undercover to insinuate himself into a group of Autobahn racers. While he gets to like the illegal races, besides he has to chase some people dealing stolen cars.
- DirectorPercy AdlonStarsMarianne SägebrechtEisi GulpToni BergerAn asocial, obese German woman lives in a large city. Unfortunately, despite her kind and intelligent personality, she has had a lot of trouble making a connection with people, until she gets a crush on a handsome subway conductor.
- DirectorMichael VerhoevenStarsLena StolzeHans-Reinhard MüllerMonika BaumgartnerWhen a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
- DirectorDani LevyStarsHelge SchneiderUlrich MüheSylvester GrothThis action comedy is set in 1944. Hitler appears in it as a physically and mentally destroyed person who takes the advice of Goebbels and goes to a Jewish concentration camp to receive lessons in eloquence to inspire the German people to continue to fight.
- DirectorVicco von BülowStarsVicco von BülowKatharina BraurenEvelyn HamannGray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the role of women in society in his carnival club. When he meets psychologist Margarete Tietze, "Pussi" finally begins to rebel against his dominant mother.
- DirectorDetlev BuckStarsJoachim KrólHorst KrauseKonstantin KotljarovTwo brothers both of which can neither read nor write making their way across Germany in order to claim to their inheritance. On their way they meet Viktor, a deserted soldier of the sowjet red army and Nadine, a beautiful young woman. Later an incident with some highwaymen, which can be solved easily with Viktor's kalashnikov, they become accused for murder - something they had neither intended nor realized. They claim Nadine to be their hostage, fleeing police forces until they reach the coast.
- DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsMartina GedeckMaxime FoersteSergio CastellittoWhen a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsDiana AmftFelicitas WollKaroline Herfurth18-year old Inken is frustrated for not having had an orgasm with her boyfriend. Her two best friends Vicky and the still-virgin Lena are in the same situation. All try to best to change their respective situations.
- DirectorMarc RothemundStarsBenno FürmannTom SchillingKaroline HerfurthA free-wheeling chronicle of the Munich sex film industry in the 1970s.
- DirectorEric TaoStarsChristian CoulsonNeal BledsoeMargot WhiteAt a low point in their lives, a group of thirty-something Brooklynites decide to give up on their jobs and relationships and start having sex with one another.
- DirectorChristina FürneisenDaniel TexterStarsSandra BorgmannJosef HeynertTom BeckHip hoppers Yogi and Kemel dream of a big break in the music business. But just before an important competition, another band steals the song from them, and loan shark Harry confiscates their system
- DirectorOskar RoehlerStarsMartin WeißMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupThis drama focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted librarian, who is interested in young students. Werner is a successful politician with a dysfunctional family. Agnes, a trans woman, works as a table dancer in a nightclub. The three siblings just have one thing in common: their longing for a happy life.
- DirectorSebastian SchipperStarsDaniel BrühlJürgen VogelSabine TimoteoAn introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.
- DirectorIngo RasperStarsEdgar SelgeFlorian BartholomäiRoman KnizkaSalesman Wolfgang has lost his vital drivers licence while being threatened by a rival stealing his customers. So he desperately recruits his son Karsten as a reluctant chauffeur. To top it all, Karsten falls in love with his dad's rival.
- DirectorTim TrachteStarsTilman PörzgenChris TallMax von der GroebenThings get out of control when four schoolmates sneak out for partying during their class trip to Prague. Involving drugs, violence and lots of alcohol.
- DirectorAndreas SchmiedStarsMichael OstrowskiHilde DalikOliver RosskopfMost of the time, Patrick Angerer enjoys a pretty laid back view of life. So he's not especially impressed by the protest action his workmates are taking against the strict wage targets set by the new management of Falkendorf steel plant. But things suddenly begin to get interesting for Patrick when his ex, Barbara Brossman, still the great love of his life, is sent to Falkendorf as the union's lawyer: as she's brought along her new partner, Patrick has his work cut out trying to convince Babs that his life doesn't entirely consist of football and trips down the pub.