Dorothea Walda

Gdansk, 1989. He is German, born in Gdansk, she is Polish. The two discover they have much in common, but the forces of capitalism and new political situation overwhelm the pair's good intentions. It is satiric tale of love, mortality and politics in a changing Eastern Europe, based on novel by Gunter Grass.

Karl-Heinz and his family, Herta, Kurt and Margot have only one thing in common: they have booked a holiday at Club Las Piranjas, where they want to relax from their nerve-racking occupations. But there are three people knowing a way to prevent this. Most notably the two animators Edwin and Biggy, who don't allow any amusement outside their own plans, and of course the always drunken club chief Mrs. Wenger, whose only thought is, that there shouldn't be any reclamation from the travel agency. (imdb)

Linda's Polish grandma celebrates her 80th birthday with Linda and her husband Lothar. Grandma is dead the next day. Problem: the deceased should be buried next to her husband in Poland. However, proper transfer is too expensive. Lothar has the idea to bring grandma in a surfboard carrier in private car to Poland. The gasoline goes out, the car is stolen and an odyssey begins, until the grandma has found her last rest in Kowalew, next to Grandpa Pyotr.