Inge Rohde

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the paths of three people on the run cross by chance in the small Baltic Sea port of Rerig: Gregor, a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD); Judith, a Jewish woman; and a pastor who wants to save an Ernst Barlach sculpture classified as degenerate art. All those involved share a common fate and the dream of a fisherman's boy from Zanzibar, which is less a real goal than a utopia of a better future. Adaptation of Alfred Andersch's novel.

At the freight yard of a small town in East Germany, a railcar loaded with Russian sparkling wine is causing a stir. Looters appear to have broken open the car’s doors, yet not a single bottle is missing. Major Bauer of the State Security Service and his team of investigators take on the case and quickly discover that something is amiss with the cargo’s accompanying documents.