Directed by:
Robert ThalheimCinematography:
Henner BesuchCast:
Charly Hübner, Christiane Paul, Paraschiva Dragus, Emilia Pieske, Clara Lago, Daniela Holtz, Marie-Anne Fliegel, Alex Brendemühl, Maren Eggert, Tilo Nest (more)Plots(1)
In keeping with the image of a modern family, Konrad (43) stayed home in recent years and took care of his two daughters. Meanwhile, his wife Christine pursued her career as an anaesthetist and provided for the family. After a long, and not entirely voluntary break, Konrad has the chance to return to his job as a theatre director. However, Konrad's attempt to emancipate himself from the now entrenched gender roles within his family life proves to be more difficult than expected.
Christine struggles to take her husband's new role seriously and the children fight hard to keep the dad at home. Moreover, their au pair Isabel proves to be an additional burden. The resulting organisational and emotional chaos between daily life, family, and self-realisation reveals deeper cracks in Konrad and Christine's relationship, and threatens to rip the family apart.
(Berlinale)
Cast
![Charly Hübner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/760/166760543_c7d4b3.jpg)
Charly Hübner
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
![Christiane Paul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790871_86fxzf.jpg)
Christiane Paul
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
The Wave (2008)
![Paraschiva Dragus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/422/160422511_0876ea.jpg)
Paraschiva Dragus
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Bliss (2012)
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis (2011) (TV movie)
![Emilia Pieske](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/809/159809327_33b83f.jpg)
Emilia Pieske
Best movies:
24 Weeks (2016)
13 Minutes (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Clara Lago](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/228/158228258_a06a7a.jpg)
Clara Lago
Spain
Best movies:
Bunker (2011)
I Want You (2012)
Paco's Men (2005) (series)
![Daniela Holtz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/748/160748470_50c67f.jpg)
Daniela Holtz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Forest for the Trees (2003)
My Life in Orange (2011)
Jack (2014)
![Marie-Anne Fliegel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/275/160275801_af1680.jpg)
Marie-Anne Fliegel
German Empire
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
This Is Love (2009)
![Alex Brendemühl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273188_513e52.jpg)
Alex Brendemühl
Spain
Best movies:
El perqué de tot plegat (1994)
Among Wolves (2011)
7 Years (2016)
![Maren Eggert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/153/626/153626392_03fdda.jpg)
Maren Eggert
West Germany
Best movies:
The Experiment (2001)
I'm Your Man (2021)
I Was at Home, But (2019)
![Tilo Nest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/892/159892152_6b2a21.jpg)
Tilo Nest
West Germany
Best movies:
Kaspar Hauser (1993)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
![Moritz Grove](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/473/159473978_91e267.jpg)
Moritz Grove
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
Vaterfreuden (2014)
Andrea Höhn
Best movies:
A Heavy Heart (2015)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Jannis Niewöhner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/855/166855873_f6a66e.jpg)
Jannis Niewöhner
Germany
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
The Collini Case (2019)
Sant'Agostino (2010) (TV movie)
![Horst Kotterba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/851/159851753_ed8be7.jpg)
Horst Kotterba
East Germany
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Das Bernstein-Amulett (2004) (TV movie)
![Hubertus Hartmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/001/160001169_8c59ce.jpg)
Hubertus Hartmann
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Das Wunder von Berlin (2008) (TV movie)
Bis nichts mehr bleibt (2010) (TV movie)
![Katharina Schmalenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/037/169037599_colk2m.jpg)
Katharina Schmalenberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)