As long as we dream, we are free Dölitz, 1939: Little Tilli experiences hunger, cold, bombings, and above all, the fear of the Nazis, whose euthanasia program threatens her deaf brother. Nevertheless, the girl never loses faith in the future - she is talented and fights to be allowed to attend a higher school. With the liberation by the Russians, the suffering of women begins. For months, Tilli must hide in an attic. Even under the new regime, she clashes with her desire for freedom, and soon she must risk everything - and decide whether to dare the escape to the West. The moving and true survival story of a little girl and her family.