몰락한 귀족집안의 두 딸 카롤린과 샬롯은 서로를 자신처럼 아끼는 둘도 없는 자매다. 쓰러져 가는 가문을 살리기 위해 17세의 어린 나이에 부유한 귀족의 아내가 된 장녀 카롤린은 원치 않았던 결혼이었음에도 불구하고 어머니와 샬롯을 위해 모든 걸 이겨낸다. 그런 언니의 모습을 안타깝게 지켜보던 동생 샬롯은 어느 날, 가난하지만 장래가 촉망되는 시인 프리드리히 쉴러를 운명처럼 만나 사랑에 빠진다. 그러던 중 결혼 승낙을 받기 위해 노력하던 두 사람 앞에 언니 카롤린이 나타나면서 세 사람의 운명은 예측할 수 없는 길을 향해 흘러가는데...
Jürgen Stoll is not only a Filou and life artist, but the darling of many women. When the marriage swindler is given the choice, prison in the GDR or a career as "Romeo" in the FRG, he decides to go to the West. Stoll now plays in the big game of secret agents until he realizes that the Stasi still has very different plans with him.
Police officer Eva Meyer re-visits the orphanage where she grew up with the intent of unraveling her confused identity. Stasi archives reveal that her birth was the result of a one-night stand between her mother and one of her husband’s students, a Kenyan. Her family’s plot to hide her birth, metaphorically mirrors Germany’s suppressed history in this noire thriller.
On June 17, 1953, there was an outrageous action between the Elbe and the Oder: the people in the GDR refused obedience to their political leadership. The story takes place in Bitterfeld and tells the story of a family involved in the political events around 17 June.
