Germany 1932. Martin Mahner is about to graduate from high school, and the situation in the country is not looking good. Many—like Martin's father—see Hitler as the only savior from the misery, but Martin is more interested in literature and theater. Or perhaps in Katharina, the daughter of the newly arrived Jewish neighbors. While the young people in the café discuss Marlene Dietrich, Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of the Reich. Suddenly, a different wind is blowing in the quiet Rhineland town...