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.
Unfortunately the movie Learning to Lie is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Hendrik Handloegten | Director |
| Writing | Frank Goosen | Novel |
| Writing | Hendrik Handloegten | Screenplay |
| Production | Maria Köpf | Producer |
| Sound | Dieter Schleip | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Florian Hoffmeister | Director of Photography |
| Production | Nessie Nesslauer | Casting |
| Editing | Elena Bromund | Editor |
| Art | Yeşim Zolan | Production Design |
| Art | Sabine Schaaf | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Faust | Costume Design |
| Production | Tom Sternitzke | Production Manager |
| Art | Yeşim Zolan | Set Designer |
