After being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, an artist begins documenting his life, confronting his mortality with honesty and wit as he fights against his disappearance through his writing.

"Der Grosse Andere" tells the story of insecure Gregor, who first has to fly to Vatican City in order to overcome his fears, report on the election of the pope and to fall in love.

Alma is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she has to live with a humanoid robot tailored to her character and needs, whose artificial intelligence is designed to be the perfect life partner for her. Enter Tom, a machine in human form in a class of its own, created solely to make her happy.

Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.