BerlinFilmFest1984.Thebestplaceforeverycinemafan.Everyonewantstobeinonthefestival,butthatmaybereallydifficult,ifonehasnoaccreditation.AlsoJournalistMatthiesgetstoknowtherulesofbeinginoroutwhenhewantstoseeascreeningandisnotwelcome.ThushewatchesanoldGermansilentflickwhichheisbarelyinterestedin.ThenextdaythenewspapersarefullofreportsaboutanewlydiscoveredGermanmasterpiecefromthesilentera.ItseemsthatMatthieshadluck.Hejustsaw*the*filmeverybodyistalkingaboutnow.Alsoeverybodyisspeculatingaboutitsdirector,whoremainsunknown.WhenMatthiestalkstoAckrewa,anoldbefriendedprojectionist,aboutthefilm,thelatterseemstorecallthenameofthedirector.Matthiesdecidestoresearchthecase.Anodysseyintofilm-historybeginsandifitissuccessfulMatthieswillcomeupwithatopstory.