Far from Berlin

East Berliner Dieter was working at a very lowlevel factory job when East and West Germany were unified He has a very ill child to take care of who requires expensive and special treatments that are not covered by the state medical system When he loses his job in the inevitable downsizing he is approached by a sinister rich man to perform various offthebooks services for him including spying on the rich mans wife Reluctantly he accepts the role of friend to this untrustworthy fellow His child is becoming steadily worse so when the requests of his friend include violent and unlawful actions he does not feel able to refuse him outright