为了写作，哲学老师玛丽昂（吉娜·罗兰兹 Gena Rowlands 饰）租了一间工作室。某日，正在专心工作的玛丽昂听到排风口里传来了谈话声，原来，隔壁是一个心理诊所，鬼使神差之下，玛丽昂开始偷听起了患者对医生的倾诉。患者是名叫霍普（米亚·法罗 Mia Farrow 饰）的女子，通过霍普的倾诉，玛丽昂陷入了深深的沉思。在众人眼里，玛丽昂是一个事业有成婚姻幸福的成功女人，但日日压抑在心中的究竟是怎样的情感和念想，这只有她自己才知道。霍普的痛苦倾诉勾起了她审视自身的欲望，而和旧时好友的重逢让玛丽昂越发觉得富足的生活早已千疮百孔。是将错就错还是重新来过？站在五十岁的人生交叉口，迷惘的玛丽昂不知该如何选择。
In this docudrama Rosa von Praunheim looks into Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s sexual orientation, especially into his erotic experiences during his travels in Italy. Contrary to the common belief, von Praunheim argues that Goethe was not a heartbreaker and conqueror after all. It was only in Italy, that he had diverse sexual experiences, not least with men. Von Praunheim bases his assumption on letters written by Goethe to his friend Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi about these sexual encounters. Some of the content of these letters is re-encated in the film. At the same time, historians and linguists analyse and classify the letters into their historical context.
Atmospheric image from the Wars of Liberation. The poet Theodor Körner, who was later killed in battle, is shown reciting a poem while the soldiers listen with emotion.
Engel und Puppe is the first film by Italian filmmaker and writer Ellis Donda. Screened at Oberhausen in 1975, Engel und Puppe is a political adaptation of some lines from Rilke's Duino Elegies, featuring the French poet Jacqueline Risset and a young Rossella Or (soon to become an avant-garde theatre actress).
Volker Koepp's video essay honoring the German poet Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965).
