Nobel Prize winner of 1946, with more than 100 million copies Hermann Hesse is the world's most widely read German-language author of all time. To this day, many people associate Hermann Hesse with their first or formative reading experience. The documentary goes on the Hesse track of these people and at the same time on the track of the author, who has managed like no other, to become a role model.—Ulf Kjell Gür