男主角范和父亲、继母一家三口,平常除了看电视,就没其他交集。渴望亲情的男孩不断想从家庭录影带寻找有关生母的记忆,结果却发现了父亲不可告人的秘密,以及从不知其存在的家人,最后他决定离开电视机,进入一个新的家庭。。To Max Ophüls this was an assignment (from the UFA), a pure routine job. One hardly recognizes the later Ophüls in this film (shortly made before his masterpiece "Liebelei"), but still Ophüls made this routine job into a well-paced, stylish and sometimes extremely funny romantic comedy| he probably could not do it any other way. The script is fine with some hilarious dialogue. ...。