In the motley final-year class 13e at Kepler School in Neukölln, children who have moved to the western part of the city legally as well as border crossers who live in East Berlin but commute to the West every day come together for lessons every day. After the school-leavers had completed their written exams in July 1961, they faced their oral exams after the summer vacation in September. But when the Berlin Wall was built in August, Berlin was divided and torn apart from one day to the next - including class 13e. The students from the eastern part of the city quickly have to make a difficult decision: should they attempt to cross the border or throw their dreams of the future to the wind?
Isabel Bongard
as Anke
Johannes Klaußner
as Eckhardt
Alexander Pensel
as Christian
Jella Haase
as Eva
Vincent Redetzki
as Rüdiger
Sarah Horváth
as Heidi
Holger Daemgen
as Trapomann 1
Lena Klenke
as Bärbel
Horst Kotterba
as Herr Dämlich
Axel Wandtke
as Schulleiter Ost
Uwe Preuss
as Stasi-Beamter
Maren Eggert
as Frau Lesemann
