Doktor Gruber
1970년대 서독. 이상사회 실현을 꿈꾸는 리타는 애인인 앤디와 함께 테러운동에 참여한다. 은행강도, 폭탄테러를 감행하던 리타 일행은 앤디의 탈옥을 돕던 중 변호사를 살해하면서 쫓기는 처지가 된다. 그들은 동독의 비밀요원 에빈의 도움을 받아 파리로 피신한다. 망명조직의 나아갈 방향에 대해 의견이 날카롭게 맞서는 가운데, 리타는 세상을 바꾸기엔 테러조차 무력하다는 것을 그리고 앤디의 사랑이 멀어진 것을 느낀다. 그러던 어느 날 우발적인 사고로 리타가 쏜 총에 경찰이 희생된다. 더 이상 잃을 것도 없고 숨을 곳도 없는 리타에게 동독 측은 다른 이름과 신분으로 살아가는 길을 제안한다. 하지만 독일 통일 후에도 그녀는 두려움으로 떠는데...
Schäfer
Two people love each other when they know they should not. Their parents' and friends' pleas, their social backgrounds and reputation, their careers; everything is used to make them give each other up. Flattery, lies and threats finally drive Frank to despair and Karin to treason. But it is not due to their parents' hatred, nor to any greed for inherited wealth. Rather, the mere conjecture expressed by the authorities is enough to set off a merciless mechanism.
Peter „Kamminke“ Galetzki
Frank and Kamminke study informatics in Leipzig and have developed a program that enables a computer to automatically find and correct errors in its software. Freshly graduated, they are relocated to a remote Thuringian village after causing a computer breakdown. There, they are supposed to work in a small company that has no clue of economic management. The rather helpful computer system from West Germany plainly lacks compatible software. But Frank and Komminke are not allowed to work with the hardware , although it is them who could make most out of the complex system. Eventually, and with the help of consultant Petra whom both are in love with, they break into the system control room on New Year′s Eve and start up the computer with their special program.
At the beginning of the 50s, two extremely disparate men meet in a private sanatorium for consumptives: an officer in the People's Police, Josef Heiliger; and a young Protestant curate, Hubertus Koschenz. On account of their consumption, they have to share a room. Initially, this is the only thing they have in common.
