由克里斯蒂安·施沃霍夫执导，改编自西格弗里德·伦茨的同名小说《Deutschstunde》。这部二战反思小说是德国文学史上的里程碑杰作，具有重要的意义。时长两小时影片，尽管无法完美呈现原著内容，但也剥离出来一条主线，很好描绘了人们的亲情友情在那个时代背景下所遭受的扭曲。

In San Francisco, the sportsman Kay Hoog tells to the members of a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map from a Harvard's missing professor telling about a treasure of an Inca lost civilization still alive. He decides to go to Peru to seek the gold. However, members of the secret criminal organization "The Spiders" leaded by Lio Sha break in Kay's mansion during the night and steal the map. Kay Hoog travels to Peru, where he retrieves his map and a document about the Diamond Ship from The Spiders. Later he saves the Priestess of the Sun Naela and brings her to San Francisco. However, The Spiders kill Naela and Kay Hoog promises revenge for the death of his love

影片讲述了一段不同寻常的感情，发生在蒂尔达(爱玛·施威格饰)和她的祖父阿曼杜斯(迪特·哈勒沃登饰)之间。阿曼杜斯患上了阿尔茨海默病。从前，他是一个懂得享受人生的生活家，幽默而又慈祥的祖父，现在却得变得像个孩子一样。只有10岁的蒂尔达可以和他沟通，蒂尔达单纯地把这位失去生活能力的老人当成一个孩子，接受他。影片用幽默的方式讲述，但同样让人看到笑容背后的悲伤与泪水。

律师麦克被卷入到一个领养机构和黑人青年的案件中来。逐渐了解到真相的他，从一开始不情不愿帮黑人辩护到主动出击，替黑人受害者讨回公道。

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