German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
Inspired by the life of the German painter Gerhard Richter, who saw the film as an "abuse and grossly distort(ing)" of his biography.
NKWD Major Murawjow:
Whoever saves a life saves the entire world.
The signage on the pillar on the left to the stair in the Düsseldorf women's hospital says "Chirugie" where it correctly should be "Chirurgie".
German, Russian
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