Harry Jandorf returns from the horrors of the Great War trenches to resume his role as advertising manager at his family’s iconic Berlin department store, only to find many changes.

The city’s population is struggling with the hardships of the new peace. Harry's sister, ambitious feminist Fritzi, demands that she continue her involvement in the business, and his father has become reliant on the abilities of Georg Karg, a brilliant but strait-laced accountant.

Meanwhile, shop worker Hedi is only too aware that it's her salary that is keeping her family afloat.

In German with English subtitles. Show less