A genre documentary about 1990s Germany, in which people seem to take on the roles of themselves. Be it during a class on how to behave during childbirth or at a military training station, everywhere we can see people’s incessant efforts to be prepared for a “real” emergency. The film centers on the idea that nothing in the country is carried out with the utmost preparation. A portrait of a society in which giving birth, dying, crying, killing and caring for the needy are acts taught and learnt in state or private institutions. Best documentary 1990 (German Critic' Association).