Jessi is eleven and longs to go back to the place where she spent her early childhood. She has an important role to play in the life of her mother, who has been in prison for several months. Since her older sister Bibi broke off all contact with their mother Jessi is now her mother’s only contact to the outside world.

The young student Angela meet her old school friend Miriam again since many years. While Angela is pretty and successful, Miriam became an ugly criminal predator. During the conversation, she secretly steals the wallet from Angela and a short time later, on the pretext that she has found her wallet, to ring the bell at her home. Together with her criminal friend, the two ambush Angela and tie her up. In addition to accusations of her beauty and success, she also has to endure a lot of torture. But fear gives Angela unprecedented powers which she uses for her terrible revenge.

Oskar Roehler's drama Der Alte Affe Angst (Angst) is about the dissolution of a couple. Robert (Andre Hennicke) and Marie (Marie Baumer) have little in common other than their sex life. Since Robert is going through a bout with impotency, they are having a very rocky time. Robert learns that his father, whom he is estranged from, has died. This disturbs Robert so much that he visits a prostitute, and is able to engage in sex with her. Marie discovers the infidelity, and the prostitute has a surprise of her own. Angst was screened at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival.