Con Men

A deck of cards discovered at an antiques fair reveals the eccentric past of a famous Arabian horse breeder, the photographer and filmmaker Lenita Perroy.

Lair is exhausted. He can no longer drink, his wife is dead, and all he gets for his 80th birthday is a visit from his daughter's insufferable family and a lousy cake. But when he casts them out of his house, he receives a tempting call from the beyond.

Highly esteemed poet, influential journalist, intellectual activist, yet hardly remembered. Busy with shaping Dresden's cultural scene during the 1980s and 1990s, the late Bernhard Theilmann forgot to publish anything for people to remember him by.

A Brazilian diplomat realises that he has almost unconsciously assembled a unique and important collection of East German art. Concerned about his country's treatment of culture and feeling responsible for this amazing piece of art history, he has to make up his mind what to do with it.

Where do we come from? Where do we go? While woodworking, beekeeping and going on joyrides in his funny car, Mr. Bulisch answers the big questions of his life.