خلاصه داستان : عاشقانه های آلمان شرقی در مورد یک معلم جوان مدرسه غیر مطابق و یک روزنامه نگار دلخور ماهیگیر شده است....

An idealistic teacher is shocked to discover her pupils are already cynical and opportunistic. Her colleague soon grows resentful when she uses new and challenging techniques to help her students overcome obstacles.

خلاصه داستان : ریتا پس از یک بیماری، به روستای دوران کودکی خود بازمی گردد.در سال 1961 و طی روند درمان، او خاطرات دو سال گذشته و عشقش به یک شیمی دان را که ده سال از او بزرگتر است را به یاد می آورد.

After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …