Der Neger Erwin

A filmmaker Achternbusch is just released from prison and has to make a living with his craft again He is followed by a reporter who wants an interview and winds up at an inn called Zum Neger Erwin run by a woman whom he convinces to be the leading lady in his planned production As the story continues the filmmaker finds ample excuses to pan the financial powers that be and to paint the benighted and talented seekers after funds as slaves to the funding process