Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival, but that may be really difficult, if one has no accreditation. Also Journalist Matthies gets to know the rules of being in or out when he wants to see a screening and is not welcome. Thus he watches an old German silent flick which he is barely interested in. The next day the newspapers are full of reports about a newly discovered German masterpiece from the silent era. It seems that Matthies had luck. He just saw *the* film everybody is talking about now. Also everybody is speculating about its director, who remains unknown. When Matthies talks to Ackrewa, an old befriended projectionist, about the film, the latter seems to recall the name of the director. Matthies decides to research the case. An odyssey into film-history begins and if it is successful Matthies will come up with a top story.
Heinz Van Nouhuys
as Chefredakteur
Werner Grassmann
as Fritz Ackrewa
Wolfgang Längsfeld
as Kollege
Gisela Weilemann
as Frau in der Bar
Gad Klein
as Kritiker
Volker Stollberg
as Kritiker
Doris Dörrie
as Kritikerin
Philip Behrens
as Kritiker
Michael Stejskal
as Kritiker
Ponkie
as Kritikerin
Peggy Parnass
as Kritikerin
Wim Wenders
as Regisseur
