Beate Jensen

Anna Blume, a girl in her early 20s is absolutely fed up with her job at a supermarket, is offered a strange job by dentist Dr. Thal. For 2500 DM a month she shall live at his big house and shall do absolutely nothing. She can quit at any time, with her salary continuing for six months. At first she rejects, but finally accepts. She can not understand Dr. Thal's motive, and soon notices that he does not show (and probably doesn't have) any emotions. (imdb)

In his early journals, Franz Kafka wrote frequently about his fascination with the cinema. According to Hanns Zischler, who examined Kafka's diaries and letters in his book and film of the same name, Kafka Goes to the Movies, these accounts stopped suddenly and without explanation in 1913. This film explores the many attempts since that time to adapt Kafka's writing for the screen and chronicle the relationship, imaginary or genuine, between the acclaimed writer and a revolutionary new medium.

An American in West Berlin finds himself caught up in murder and intrigue after his associate is killed and a diplomat's daughter is found dead in his room. (imdb)