Architect Sophie has finally found a beautiful apartment where she wants to move in with her boyfriend Martin. But although his marriage has long since ended, he is reluctant to leave his wife and daughter.

More than fifty years have passed since Harry left his great love Elly head over heels to go to America. Now he has returned to see her again - and must discover that she lives as a nun in a Protestant monastery. At first she refuses to contact him, the pain is too deep that he has not been alive throughout the years. Only when she learns the true reason for his supposed silence does she let Harry back into her life. With the memory of the past times, the two also return to the old feelings. Elly gets into a deep moral conflict

A few people decide to found their own little state n the middle of Germany, near Berlin...