This documentation describes the life of one of Germany’s most important actresses, a life of extreme ups and downs. Author and director Jeremy Fekete approaches Romy Schneider’s story with the help of her closest confidante and friend of many years Christiane Höllger. In the documentation for the ZDF series ‘Idole’ (‘Idols’), she speaks for the first time in detail about her friendship with Romy Schneider and gives private insights that will be new even for well-informed Romy fans. Other contemporary witnesses are heard in addition to Christiane Höllger, such as the photographer Robert Lebeck, who took the last photos of Romy Schneider and was a close friend of the two women….