A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.

A musician tries to get by working several jobs.

Archaeologist Iris Lanz is preparing an important exhibition. Sebastian, a particularly dedicated student, is allowed to assist her.

A department store security guard is secretly in love with a clerk in the store's bookshop. When he witnesses a seeming rival being attacked in the train, he gets off instead of helping him. Not being able to deal with his bad conscience, his formerly controlled life breaks down.