
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.

as Sophie I

as Sophie II

as Konrad I

as Konrad II

as Barbara II

as Müller II

as Professor Lorenz

as Elisabeth

as Harald I

as Sophies Tante

as Konrad's Vater

as Konrad's Mutter

as Stasi


as Barbara I

as Harald II

as Konrad's grandmother

as Gérard

as Sophie's Mother

as Sophie's Stepfather

as Wolfgang

as Monika

as Max

as Rubländer

as Müller I