Rudolf Woschiek

1982: East German actor Erwin Gregorek travels to Hamburg to shoot screen tests for a film about the sinking of the ocean-liner Cap Arcona in 1945 - a catastrophe he himself survived as a concentration camp prisoner.

1934, Germany. The ten-year-old Peter lives in a small town with his parents. His father, an underground Communist, is arrested. In the summer vacation the kids from the neighbourhood fight in two teams, which prevail in turns. One team, led by Ewald, imitates the Nazis, while the other, headed by Fritz, follows his Communist father's example.

Картина рассказывает об организации РСХА провокации-«нападения» поляков на немецкую радиостанцию в Гляйвице (Верхняя Селезия) в ночь на 1 сентября 1939 г. Эта провокация явилась поводом нападения на Польшу и начала Второй мировой войны.