In her new film, Annekaterin Hendel depicts three generations of the Brasch family as they bring historical tensions home – between East and West, art and politics, communism and religion, love and betrayal, utopia and self-destruction. The director meets Marion Brasch, the clan’s only surviving member, as well as several confidants, lovers and friends, including actress Katharina Thalbach, poet Christoph Hein, songwriter Bettina Wegner and artist Florian Havemann. Familie Brasch is an historical panorama that allows us to experience history through family history, an epic about the decay of the ‘red aristocracy’, a GDR version of Buddenbrooks.