- Maria Nikolai was once a celebrated musician. 20 years ago she came to Hamburg with her husband, who has since died. But her neighborhood, which used to be a neighborly neighborhood, is gradually threatening to turn into a social hotspot: the streets are dirty, young people are killing time in front of the supermarket and alcohol is a constant companion for many. Foreigners have also been increasingly moving to the district for some time. Maria is now almost the only German in her house. Above all, the large Roma family on the upper floor watches them with distrust and full of prejudices - the fact that they themselves came to Germany as a destitute Eastern European migrant is something different for them. Her attempt to get the police on her unloved neighbors fails. The police officer Susanne knows the resentment against the Roma only too well - she keeps her own Roma origins secret for fear of discrimination. When a racist youth clique carries out a brutal attack on Maria's neighbors, she grants 16-year-old Roma Bero and his younger siblings refuge in her apartment. She had already noticed the modest-looking boy positively. Now she notices by chance that he has an extraordinary musical talent. Maria decides to give Bero private music lessons and register him for auditions at the conservatory. For her, this role as a mentor is also a way to give her lonely life meaning again. At the same time, through her contact with the likeable teenager, Maria learns to slowly break down her prejudices against the Roma. Bero's older brother Rudko watches his little brother's new friendship with jealousy. He himself has no prospects and is excluded by the other young people as "gypsies". One day, in his bitterness, Rudko allows himself to be persuaded into a plan that not only endangers the unsuspecting Maria, but also betrays his own brother.—ADR Das Erste
- Russian-born retired musician Maria Nikolai mistrusts her migrant neighbors in a decrepit Hamburgs quarter, including the Roma-gypsies family in her apartment building, whom she considers noisy, troublesome savages. Meeting 16-year old Roma Bero, a sensitive youngster who brings her lost cash home, and discovering his musical talent, she starts to sympathize with the charming knave and groom him for conservatory admission. Thebudding trust is rudely broken when Bero's ruffian 'mates' force him to spearhead a shameless robbery.—KGF Vissers
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