A cinematic homage to the African American singer, actor, civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898–1976).
This episode features a pompous customer and a West Berlin cab driver. Their conversation, full of wit and double-entendres, revolves around city government under mayor Willie Brandt and the American occupation. Punch line? The driver would rather have his cab occupied than free!
“Poisoned sausages in East Germany!” Karl gets scared when he hears this news on the West Berlin radio station RIAS (Radio in the American Sector). What a surprise to see his supposedly dead friends a few days later – sitting happily in the pub.
Alois Dachleitner, an employee of the Munich Trade Office, is terrified of being arrested and shipped off to Siberia when he is assigned to attend the Leipzig trade fair. The anxiety he experiences throughout the journey is transformed into wonder when he sees the exhibits on display at the fair.
Three gangsters try to crack a safe but have to flee the scene when an alarm goes off. Their boss at Central Break-Ins, LLC. is furious until Ricky recommends a new "occupation strategy."
Codeword: Prelude. Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba’s revolutionary new order. Meanwhile, in Florida, a plot is afoot.
This documentary profiles Dr. Walter Becher, who was a member of the West German parliament and spokesperson of the Sudeten German Homeland Association, an organization representing ethnic Germans displaced from Czechoslovakia.