Schlamassel

East Germany, late 90s: Johanna is an intern at a local newspaper and is struggling with the death of her grandmother. In addition to her grief, she is burdened by conflict with her family after she angrily confronts her uncle, who is only interested in his inheritance, at the funeral. She seeks balance by throwing herself headlong into her work. In the process, she comes across an old photograph of a concentration camp guard named Anneliese Deckert. With this find, she hopes to advance her journalistic career: Johanna tracks down the now 80-year-old, but does not expect to meet her entire family on the spot, nor does she expect the fuss the photo causes. Director Sylke Enders succeeds in bringing out the hidden and suppressed conflicts from the Nazi and SED dictatorship, the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall and patriarchal power structures from under the inconspicuous cover in an astonishing way.