Susanne Wallner returns to the ruins of Berlin from a Concentration Camp after WW2 to discover that someone else lives in her apartment: Dr. Hans Mertens, the war made him depressive and he drinks a lot of alcohol. Susanne asks him to go but he doesn't want to, so they share Susanne's apartment and even discover their sympathy and then their love for each other. That encourages him a little, of course. But then he hears that Ferdinand Brückner is still alive and also lives in Berlin. Brückner was his Captain during WW2, he gave the order to kill more than 100 innocent people, many children and women among them, on Christmas 1942 in Poland.
Summary written by Cinemator。鲁南张庄,86岁老人林郭氏,身体硬朗,在农村老宅独自生活。林郭氏突发脑血栓,身体状况逐渐恶化。子女积极为老人操作敬老院入住事宜。敬老院床位紧张,只有等待敬老院有老人去世,按照老人的意愿,开始了到子女家轮流居住的短暂旅程。这一过程中,林郭氏中风摔倒,脑神经损伤,得了笑病。 敬老院终于有老人亡故,空出床位。却在去敬老院的前夕,林郭氏怀揣着全家福老照片溘然长逝。按照老风俗,儿孙们给她办了一场轰轰烈烈的喜丧。 生活重新开始,又是在重复昨天的故事……。