Hans Christian Blech

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.

Bruno Ganz gives a tour-de-force performance as Hoffman, an innocent bystander who survives a gunshot to the head by the police during a raid on a group of revolutionaries.

As the Allied Forces advance towards the last bridge on the Rhine, German forces must assess the real human cost of their war strategy.