The twentieth century is sweeping through Central Europe. States, systems, governments, ideologies, and slogans are changing. No one born under the Austro-Hungarian Empire can be sure that they will live their lives according to their plans. Helena Třeštíková's documentary film tells the story of women who were not allowed to live according to their own ideas.
A technical problem aboard a transatlantic flight forces a plane to land in Porto Santo, the small island of Madeira's archipelago where, according to a legend, Christopher Columbus the 15th century navigator, lived for a while and entertained a sexual relationship with a widow and her nubile daughter.
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent, along with other traumatized combatants, to a rest home in order to treat their emotional troubles, caused by the psychological fatigue that suffer the soldiers fighting in the no man's land.
The Director reflects upon and seeks to understand the causes and the events that lead to her drug-addicted prostitute daughter being murdered at the age of 26.
A patient dies beneath Dr. Robert Stenzel's hands. His wife, the virologist Simone, realizes too late that the deceased was carrying a contagious virus.
How could this privileged man of overwhelming accomplishment and talent be suicidal? Journey through the 84 years of the 20th century that are Waite's World with his friends, coworkers, and family for a unprecedented inside look at an extraordinary talent.
