A lone scholar researches the visual and textual worlds of National Socialism. The film approaches a critical understanding of "German identity" from a multimedia perspective - off-screen commentary is superimposed over shots of paintings, literary quotations over feature film sequences and at the center of the film is a television debate on the subject of nature. The focus is on the German concept of "Heimat" and its connection to romantic notions of nature.

Cast

Gerd Wameling

Niemann

Reinhold Messner

Himself

Elke Petri

Klaus Heinrich

Himself

Hansjörg Hemminger

Leonhard Lorenz

Franz Salzburger

Angela Schneider