简介：KonradSteiner(SigfritSteiner)hasworkedallhislife,nevertakingasinglevacation.Whenhiswifedies,theoldgentlemancrematesherandcontinuesworking,thoughheshouldhaveretiredlongago.Hissontriestogethimtomoveinwithhim,farawayfromeverythingfamiliartohim.Whenhereceivesanevictionnoticefromhislandlord,hefightsbackwiththehelpofasympatheticsocialworker,butissoonleftwiththeoptionofanOldAgeHomeorthestruggletoliveindependentlyonhisfewsavings.However,hestillhassomefightleftinhim,andmakesasurprisingchoice. SwissfilmmakerKurtGloorisbest-knowninhiscountryandtherestoftheGerman-speakingworldforhisdocumentaryaccountsofSwisslifeandsocialproblems.Healsomadetheoccasionalfictionalfeature,includingDiePloetzlicheEinsamkeitdesKonradSteiner(TheSuddenLonelinessofKonradSteiner)(1976)andMannohneGedachtnis(1984),whichwonthreeawardsatthatyear'sBerlinInternationalFilmFestival.…