Jörg Malchow

Time is running out for a woman caught between the simmering tensions and paranoia occurring between West and East Germany in Cold War-era 1974.

High summer. On the way back to the base, Paul, a young recruit, leaves his army colleagues and proceeds to his parents’ empty bungalow. But his “leave” soon becomes complicated: the army starts looking for him, his girlfriend breaks up with him, and his brother turns up with his Danish girlfriend.