In a makeshift boat, a GDR refugee escapes to West Germany. His newfound freedom is disorienting, and it is only later, with a growing nationalist movement, that he begins to feel at home.
Veras Mantle is about a successful author who suffers from agoraphobia and can't leave her house. When she is threatened by a sinister fan, Vera comes gradually behind the secret of her illness.
O turco-alemão Murat Kurnaz perdeu cinco anos de sua vida depois de ser acusado injustamente de terrorista e de ser enviado a uma prisão em Guantánamo (Cuba), onde foi vítima de torturas físicas e psicológicas. Cada minuto mudou algo dentro dele.