After the essay "On Marionette theatre" by Heinrich von Kleist. The film focuses on Kleist himself, torn apart, searching for knowledge, for identity, trapped in his loneliness and self-absorption, jumping over walls, making grimaces, cruelty, suffering.

Herr C
Europa
Mann mit S
Prediger
Von Clausewitz
Elisabeth von Bayern
Shinx
Marionette
Heinrich von Kleist
Portiersfrau
Portier
alte Frau