Casts & Crew
Wolfram Koch
Antje Traue
Sebastian Schwarz
Godehard Giese
Susanne Wuest
Anna Böger
Thomas Lawinky
Lola Liefers
Charlotte Hübner
Lenny Altaras
Marel Perin
Katharina Behrens
Also Directed by Elke Hauck
The film tells the story of a steel worker named Karger who is living in the Saxon town of Riesa. Personal as well as professional changes force him to turn his back on his home town that he had never left in his whole life and to enter unknown territory. On his way into the unknown, Karger has to bid many painful farewells. However, he faces them in his characteristic indifferent manner.
Architect Alexander Beck has just won an architecture prize. He wants to modernize GDR building blocks in Thuringia. Alex travels to the heart of rural Eastern Germany where he grew up and where people remember him as Alex from the Free German Youth, a pro-GDR youth organization.
Suddenly grown-up or just shortly before – Julia wants to change herself, Marina wants to become a cop, Ojun is on her way in a long-term therapy, Jenny is Franks girl-friend and Stefanie has taken charge of her life by herself. Five girls from the eastern areas of Berlin between week-ends in discos, the daily life in the school, family and friends. A documentary about the first steps towards an independant life, about actions causing seperations, about love, money, death and the longing for happiness.