E.K.G. Expositus (die öffentlichen und die künstlerischen Medien)
★ 8 · 2004 · 101m · Drama
Immanuel Kant Hospital in Neukölln, Berlin. Midnight. A patient is being admitted. TV journalists are on the spot. The beginning of a story that tells itself. - And a self-portrait in broadcast and artistic media.
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