A girl visiting modern day East Germany with her estranged father begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl living there during World War II.
In West Berlin, two men, a teacher and a bookseller, have a long standing gay relationship. While they are secure and sucessful their relationship is waning.
The film depicts a man who becomes a motorcycle grand prix champion in his teens, but suffers an accident, and then tries to make a comeback as a privateer a few years later.