It also boasted some of the biggest acting names from Sweden (Erland Josephson), Germany (Hanna Schygulla and Ernst Jacobi), Austria (Nadja Tiller) and Norway.
It was directed and co-written by Leidulv Risan and shot on location in Oslo (Norway) and the German cities of Cologne and Heidelberg.
Aging Norwegian doctor Carl (Espen Skjønberg) collapses in an Oslo street, and awakens in the hospital.
Taking matters into their own hands, they "kidnap" the dying Carl and embark on an emotional journey back to Heidelberg, where they met studying medicine before World War II.
Their plan is to fulfill Carl's final wish but they soon find their cheerful trip overshadowed as they reveal a plot dating back to the pre-war Nazi era.