Learning to Lie

Synopsis

18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl.

Fabian Busch

Helmut

Susanne Bormann

Britta

Fritzi Haberlandt

Gisela

Sophie Rois

Barbara

Anka Sarstedt

Gloria

Birgit Minichmayr

Tina

Florian Lukas

Mücke

Tino Mewes

Der lange Schäfer

Sebastian Münster

Beck

Beate Abraham

Helmuts Mutter

Wilfried Dziallas

Helmuts Vater

Uwe Rohde

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