Der Mann von der Botschaft (2007)
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Burghart Klaußner, Lika Martinova, Marika Giorgobiani, Irm Hermann, Roland Schäfer
A socially isolated embassy official decides to help a young refugee, drawing suspicion from locals and diplomatic colleagues.
The story
Herbert Neumann is an official at the German embassy in Tbilisi. He does not speak Georgian, leaving him socially isolated. His affair with colleague Nana does little to lift his spirits. At a market, he meets Sachka, a 12-year-old refugee. Herbert decides to take care of her and help her. Their language barrier remains, and the friendship arouses suspicion among local people and his diplomatic colleagues.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Herbert Neumann (Burghart Klaußner) is an official at the German embassy in Tbilisi. He does not speak Georgian, which leaves him socially isolated. Even his affair with his colleague Nana (Marika Giogobiani) does not lift his spirits. Everything changes when he meets Sachka, a 12-year-old refugee, at the market. Herbert decides to take care of the girl and help her. Despite the language barrier between them, affection develops, eventually becoming a father-daughter relationship in which Herbert feels an emotional connection with another human being for the first time in a long while. But this friendship arouses suspicion among both the locals and their diplomatic colleagues...
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