German biopic starring Tilo Prückner as Albrecht Berblinger, the tailor who became famous for building a flying contraption. Born in 1770 in Ulm to a poor family, Berblinger later became an orphan and was pressured into becoming a tailor despite having a mechanical mind. He began to put all his efforts into inventing a working flying machine, encountering many obstacles but never giving up his dream.

On leave in the Port of Brest, a bisexual sailor (Brad Davis) murders a fellow seaman and visits a notorious brothel, where he gives full vent to his homosexual desires. One by one, the other habitues of the brothel succumb to his charms. Adapted from the novel by Jean Genet, this was Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last film and his most vividly surreal in its design and photography.