克鲁格与卡文的第二次合作是一次美学混搭。在首次合作的影片《快乐哀叹》中，这两位卓越的导演使用了他们档案中的材料，而《奥菲亚》则有了新的内容，尽管是古典的来源。奥尔菲斯和尤里迪斯的预兆和结局都发生了变化：在卡文和克鲁格那里，奥尔菲斯下到冥界，不仅要解放她的尤里迪科，还要解放整个灭绝的人类。在克鲁格的绿幕工作室和大都市马尼拉之间，把一切都在桌上摆放：里尔克和阿多诺，柴可夫斯基和摇滚，猛犸象和不朽。

Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.