In 1984, East Germany was shrouded in the high-pressure rule of the National Security Agency. Agent Weissmann (Ulrich Muhe) was ordered to monitor the lives of playwright Dreymann (Sebastian Koch) and his girlfriend, actress Christina (Martina Jetik). During the monitoring process, Weissmann gradually became interested in the lives of this family and began to secretly help them. An article published in the West German newspaper "Der Spiegel" attracted the attention of the head of the secret service. They believed that the article was written by Dreymann and arrested Christina, hoping to get the secret of her husband from her? And it was Weissmann who interrogated Christina...