The year is 1962 in the divided Cold War city of Berlin. Josef, a disgraced border guard under investigation by the East German Secret Police (Stasi), is forced to make a daring escape from East to West Berlin with his pregnant girlfriend,...See moreThe year is 1962 in the divided Cold War city of Berlin. Josef, a disgraced border guard under investigation by the East German Secret Police (Stasi), is forced to make a daring escape from East to West Berlin with his pregnant girlfriend, Elena, the daughter of a high-ranking Stasi official. The plan goes terribly awry and the young lovers become separated by the Berlin Wall. Months later, despite great peril, Josef attempts to sneak back into East Berlin in order to sneak Elena out.
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