在这部最后一人剧情片中,马库斯是特莱西恩施塔特和奥斯维辛集中营的幸存者，战后他选择遗忘一切，重新开始生活。年事日高、感受到死亡临近的马库斯想让自己在犹太墓地落葬，但出人意料的是，若想购买犹太墓地，必须先通过文件或证词确定其犹太身份。为此马库斯只得重拾不愿回首的往昔，在年轻的德籍土耳其女郎古尔的陪同下返回故乡匈牙利寻找文书和证人。旅途中或悲伤或滑稽的经历让古尔和马库斯更好地认识自身、了解彼此。最终马库斯在他的出生地瓦茨遇见了那个等待他良久的人……（豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组）
Marcus is a survivor of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. His survival strategy after the war was total oblivion. But now the past catches up with him and he wants to be buried as a Jew among his own. To his surprise, however, he must first prove that he is a Jew at all. He needs documents or testimony.
