Spring 1945: the Allies are outside Hamburg. In front of a movie theater, Lena Brücker meets Hermann Bremer, a marine assigned to the 'final battle on the home front'. After a night of love, Lena offers to hide the young man in her apartment during the last days of the war. This marks the beginning of a life-threatening love adventure for both of them, which they must keep secret from the rest of the world. While Lena blossoms over the next few weeks, Hermann suffers from his confinement and the constant fear of being discovered. Nevertheless, Lena will not tell her lover that the war is over so that she can spend as many days as possible with him on their shared 'mattress island' while everything changes outside.
Barbara Sukowa
as Lena Brücker
Alexander Khuon
as Hermann Bremer
Götz Schubert
as Gary Brücker
Frederick Lau
as Jürgen Brücker
Traute Hoess
as Frau Eckleben
Wolfgang Böck
as Holzinger
Anna Grisebach
as Frau LKW
Martin Brambach
as Gauredner
Wolfram Koch
as Gestapo
Branko Samarovski
as Lammers
Astrid Meyerfeldt
as Helga
Josef Quadflieg
as Kürschner Claussen
