KaDeWe (1000) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1000 · 270 mins · German

Directed by

Julia von Heinz

Starring

Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Joel Basman, Martin Ontrop, Lana Cooper, Martin Bruchmann, Bettina Hoppe

During a robbery at Berlin’s iconic KaDeWe department store, textile saleswoman Hedi meets Fritzi Jandorf, the owner’s daughter, and they fall instantly in love, defying social and familial expectations. Meanwhile, Fritzi’s brother Harry, a war veteran, battles for his father’s endorsement as junior manager, while ambitious manager Georg, risen from poverty, becomes pivotal to the store’s future.