Wolfgang Borchert

A Little Boy in the ruins of World War II and the white lie of an old man - after a story by Wolfgang Borchert.

Based on a one act play in five scenes by Wolfgang Borchert, "Draußen vor der Tür" depicts the return of a former German soldier from the Eastern Front, to post-WWII Germany and the sobering realities of de-nazification and "peacetime."

A young man and woman meet on a bridge, both about to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and recount to each other their experiences.