Two young students bump into each other in Berlin and feel attracted to each other. They tentatively get to know each other, which only adds to their confusion as they are torn between shame and desire.

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

Who knows Berthold Beitz? Fewer and fewer people. He shaped the history of Germany like no other, be it as the leading industrial manager of Krupp or as the rescuer of numerous Jews during National Socialism.