In 1986, at a church youth meeting between East and West, seventeen-year-old Anna from West Germany and the slightly older Philipp from East Berlin meet. A small flirt quickly turns into a stormy romance that never quite loses its bitter aftertaste: How will it be possible to live a relationship across the Wall?
Anna's excursions to East Berlin are watched suspiciously by the state security. Then the relationship suffers a serious blow: Anna is banned from entering the GDR. Philipp's plans to escape fail.
Two years later. On November 9, 1989, Anna follows the events surrounding the fall of the Wall with fascination. But she represses the thought of meeting Philipp again. She has built a new life with her former school friend Lorenz. Then, one day, Philipp shows up at her door. Both realize how strong their feelings still are. Anna is in a deep dilemma.
Learning objectives include:
- deal with the topic of the construction of the Wall, life in the GDR and German reunification: read texts about it, watch a film about it and expand vocabulary about it, discuss it with other learners and create a glossary about it
- deal with the "Romeo and Juliet motif"
- write a dialogue and a film review as well as a sequel to a film they have seen
- make assumptions about the plot of a film and characterize and analyze its characters
- work with the presentation method "Pecha Kucha" and give each other criterion-oriented feedback.