Stankowskis Millions

• Cast: Wolfgang Stumph, Christian Tramitz, Jörg Schüttauf, Petra Kleinert, Gustav Peter Wöhler
• Duration: 88 minutes
• Genre: TV Movie, Comedy
• Rating: 5/10
• Release Date: 2011-10-03

In 1991, the mood in East Germany is gloomy. Unemployment and poverty among the population in the GDR are high. Many people blame the Treuhand for the misery. Werner Stankowski, a trained computer scientist and computer specialist, is unable to find work despite hundreds of applications. His wife considers him a failure and leaves him for a rich man from the West. Only his best friend Rudi, who is also unemployed, sticks by him. Rudi's wife Gerda keeps the family afloat with a poorly performing erotic mail order business. Werner then gets a job interview with a computer company in Munich. The Wessis denounce Werner during the interview and humiliate him with Stasi slogans.....