Essayist film about a time when the directors Gamma Bak (West Berlin) and Steffen Reck (East Berlin) were a couple for a few years trying to live a relationship in spite of the Berlin Wall. 25 years after the Fall of the Wall this film is a striking historic document taking us back in time. A personal story remembering a defection from East to West using an unexpected exit visa to leave East Berlin in 1988. Collaging personal documents, archival material in Super-8, film and theatre clips and Secret Police Files (STASI) the film also reflects the dilemma of guilt and betrayal over feeling forced into exile. Steffen Reck was a member of the legendary East Berlin avant-garde theatre group ZINNOBER whose work is shown in ENGELBECKEN.
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