Learning to Lie

18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl.

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  Fabian Busch

  Helmut
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  Susanne Bormann

  Britta
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  Fritzi Haberlandt

  Gisela
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  Sophie Rois

  Barbara
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  Birgit Minichmayr

  Tina
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  Florian Lukas

  Mücke
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  Tino Mewes

  Der lange Schäfer
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  Wilfried Dziallas

  Helmuts Vater
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  Uwe Rohde

  Kneipier
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  Heinz Schubert

  Onkel Bertram