A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted.Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. The world is changing and somewhere, far away in the capital, a revolution is taking place and it seems that wishes might come true. Great hopes emerge in the little town and unexpected events overtake Kai's mutating production.
Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems. New Socialist Unity Party secretary Werner Horrath is charged with bringing the rough-and-ready builder crew into line. The task seems doomed to fail as the two men compete for the affections of young engineer Kati Klee. But when she gets pregnant by married man Horrath, he is in danger of being expelled from the party, and Balla takes his side...
Солдата Мартина перевели в маленькую приграничную деревню в Тюрингии. Во время бури он приходит на помощь Ренате, дочери фермера. Двое молодых людей влюбляются друг в друга, тем самым расстраивая отца Ренаты, который уже пообещал свою дочь сыну крупного фермера Грабова. Отныне он делает все возможное, чтобы разлучить Мартина и Ренату. Тем временем Грабов готовится бежать из ГДР при помощи младшего капрала Циммера, который в долгу перед ним.
