The anonymous Berlin concrete building "Excelsior" is only a temporary stop for its residents, yet some have been living there for more than 50 years.

Things are expected to improve and everyone helps .With his "invisible make-up", 49-year-old Michael wants to build on earlier successes as an escort boy. Claudia's time as a dancer is over, but new photos are to pave her way back onto the stage.

Norman wants to help other people find happiness with his start-up "ChangeU", and himself to a chic sports car. Hardly anyone succeeds in escaping the charms of the success society.

"A direct, completely unvarnished and at the same time very humane documentation of the different realities of life that develop according to their own laws under the roof of the giant Excelsior apartment building in Berlin. The filmmaker also accompanied his protagonists in intimate situations. Their personal hopes and the grand social plans of the 1970s with the new type of residential and commercial building combine to form a "reality check"." (Sooner curator Robert Bramkamp)