Strässle:Fluchtnovelle

Erfurt, 1965: In the house of the Red Army, a student from East Germany meets a student from Switzerland. Both are very young - she is 21, he is 23. They fall in love and want to build a life together, but the Iron Curtain separates them. The idea of him going to the East is not an option for either of them, so they desperately search for a way for her to get to the West. When they realize that it cannot be done legally, they devise a brilliant plan to attack the system from the side that receives the least attention: East Germany does everything to prevent people from leaving, so they try to enter from the opposite direction. The route leads through Prague, and they prepare everything meticulously, but when the crucial moment arrives, nothing goes as planned. Thomas Strässle tells the story of the power of love against the overwhelming force of systems. He narrates a true story that regularly takes your breath away - the story of two young people who risk everything.