Learning to Lie
18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl.
- Year: 2003
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: X Filme Creative Pool
- Keyword: first time, berlin, germany, lovesickness, becoming an adult, berlin wall, cologne, germany, roommate, love letter, one-sided love, only child, school trip, teenage crush, relationship, extramarital affair
- Director: Hendrik Handloegten
- Cast: Fabian Busch, Susanne Bormann, Fritzi Haberlandt, Sophie Rois, Anka Sarstedt, Birgit Minichmayr