Hauptrolle Berlin: Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser

In the organizer's words:

Every 1st Tuesday of the month, always with prominent guests from the film's environment and always moderated by Dr. Peter Zander, the film critic of the Berliner Morgenpost. We look forward to an exciting and entertaining discussion about the making of the film, its history and the shooting.

GUEST IS PHILIP ZENGLER FROM THE DEFA FOUNDATION

They meet every day under the subway arch on Schönhauser, the 16- and 17-year-olds who are running out of space at home. Tests of courage are the order of the day, and a lamppost is sometimes thrown in for a Westmark. Construction worker Dieter seeks freedom on the street, Kohle flees from his constantly drunk stepfather, Karl-Heinz is already on the criminal path, and Angela has to make room at home when her mother receives her boyfriend. Karl-Heinz tries to draw Dieter and Kohle into his dark business, and after an alleged manslaughter, the two flee to West Berlin, where Kohle tragically dies in a detention center. Dieter escapes the dubious "care" of the camp and returns home. He wants to acknowledge his guilt so that he can then start a new life, and he wants to be with Angela, who is expecting his child.

(Source: The second life of the film city Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)