In March 1998 director and producer Ulrich Schamoni – who was dying of leukaemia at the time – documented life in his house in Berlin’s Grunewald district. Schamoni kept on filming until just a few days before his death. The result was a moving and colourful chronicle amounting to a total of 170 hours of tape. Interspersing a selection of these images with excerpts from Schamoni’s films such as "Es" and "Chapeau Claque", Schamoni’s photographer daughter Ulrike Schamoni and editor Grete Jentzen have created a loving tribute to a generous and multifaceted man.

Ulrich Schamoni takes the audience on a trip to the haunts of his childhood.

A man lives a quiet live in a big house thanks to the wealth of his ancestors. Then a young woman arrives.

A group of gamblers travels through Europe.

Two former lovers start a new relationship.

Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.