Berlin, nachalo 1960-h. V gorode, razdelennom na sfery vliyaniya soyuznikov, po-prezhnemu svezha pamyat' o voyne, no grazhdane socialisticheskoy GDR svobodno peremeshchayutsya v zapadnyy sektor i mogut dazhe uchit'sya tam v universitete. Studentka medicinskogo fakul'teta Liza davno sdelala svoy vybor: ona hochet zhit' v Zapadnom Berline, pust' dazhe ey pridetsya rasstat'sya s otcom i bratom. Zato ryadom budet ee lyubimyy Uli, s kotorym oni skoro pozhenyatsya? Odnako politicheskaya mashina neumolima: vyrosshaya v techenie nochi Berlinskaya stena grozit navsegda razluchit' vlyublennyh. Tak nachinaetsya dolgiy put' molodoy pary k vossoedineniyu, gor'kiy, zachastuyu muchitel'nyy, no polnyy otchayannoy nadezhdy.
