雅各布（赫米尔·希尼·古纳森 Hilmir Snær Guðnason 饰）是一位事业有成的导演，然而在一场意外之中双目失明。这巨大的打击令他的生活陷入了绝望之中，他和女友妮娜（安妮特·雷恩伯格 Annett Renneberg 饰）分了手，企图通过自杀来逃避内心的苦闷。就在这个节骨眼上，雅各布得知远在俄罗斯的母亲病危，回到母亲身边成为了雅各布唯一的精神支柱。
在朋友的介绍之下，雅各布结识了名叫莉莉（弗丽茨·哈勃兰特 Fritzi Haberlandt 饰）的女孩。莉莉也是一名盲女，虽然她十分想要帮助身处困境之中的雅各布，但雅各布却对莉莉非常的抗拒。某日，雅各布和莉莉所乘坐的火车在郊外的农田里因故停运，在这段难得的独处时间中，他们之间的距离渐渐拉近。

1996 film by Caroline Link

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.

After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to Berlin so they can see their children. Of course, the kids don't know the real reason they're visiting -- and the catch is, neither does Rudi...

A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.

In 1983 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

1955 film about empress Elisabeth of Austria, by Ernst Marischka

2009 film directed by Michael Haneke

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