Hollister

Die schwarzen Brüder is the best-known story of German writer Lisa Tetzner and one of the most widely read children's books in the world.

Duchess Hadwiga of Swabia hires the monk Ekkehard from the Abbey of St. Gallen as a Latin teacher. The monk is overwhelmed by his encounters with poverty, barbarism, and war. His inner conflicts come to a head when Ekkehard falls in love with Hadwiga.

Diethard Klante's film is an adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's short story "On Gracious Bread."

Siggi Jepsen, an inmate at the juvenile detention center, is assigned to write an essay in the 1950s. Topic: the joys of duty. He immediately thinks of his own father. As a police sergeant, his father took his official duties more than seriously during the Nazi regime. Siggi becomes increasingly pensive. He writes about his father, who even sacrifices his friendship with an old friend for the sake of his sense of duty. Siggi had protected this friend as a child, and now has to serve time for it…