
African-German writer Sebastian Klein is one of Germany's most famous authors. To promote his latest book, he is on a reading tour through Germany and visits the little city of Prittwitz--where the local Neo-Nazis give him a hit on his head and Sebastian loses his memory and can now only parrot what other people tell him. Sven, the political leader of a modern National Socialist Party, recognizes the opportunity and uses Sebastian as a promotion speaker against integration. W... (Full plot summary below)
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African-German writer Sebastian Klein is one of Germany's most famous authors. To promote his latest book, he is on a reading tour through Germany and visits the little city of Prittwitz--where the local Neo-Nazis give him a hit on his head and Sebastian loses his memory and can now only parrot what other people tell him. Sven, the political leader of a modern National Socialist Party, recognizes the opportunity and uses Sebastian as a promotion speaker against integration. When Sebastian's heavily-pregnant girlfriend sees him on TV, she is shocked and pursues him with police officer Sascha to save him from the Neo-Nazis.
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