At first they put Konrads absentmindedness down to an immoderate fondness foralcohol. For years he had been a benign parasite on the Koch family first asthe chi... » 

At first they put Konrads absentmindedness down to an immoderate fondness foralcohol. For years he had been a benign parasite on the Koch family first asthe childhood playmate of Thomas heir to the Koch family fortune later ascaretaker of the Koch family holiday villa on Cofu. And they in their turnhad used him as the mood took them. But when the villa burns down because ofKonrads forgetfulness Elvira Senn the matriarch of the Koch family puts himon a strict regime. No longer allowed his daily tipple Konrad recovers andeven falls in love again. But then his condition deteriorates. He cant findhis way out of the supermarket let alone his way home. Soon Konrad doesnteven recognise his new lover. Alzheimers the disease that turns the peopleclosest to the sufferer into total strangers has taken hold. As he loses hispresent he regains his far past and this is what Elvira Senn fears the most.As they watch and wait for him to rewind to the crucial moment his life is indanger from more than the debilitating disease... «