A young actress in Cold War Berlin struggles to decide whether or not to accept a new role, working with an old leftist director in a deserted theatrehouse. Caught between her painful childhood - loss of the mother - and the confusing and instable present political and social situation, she engages with prostitutes, penniless playwrights and postmen of the split Berlin city.
Katharina Thalbach , Bernhard Wicki , Anne Bennent , Klaus Pohl , Hanns Zischler , Manfred Karge , Ilse Pagé , Julia Lindig , Nina Franoszek