A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.—GMeleJr
teen boy, teen girl, soldier, rebel, love interest, mother, cool, dreamy, winsome, east berlin, east germany, west berlin, street, friendship, young love, repression, teen angst, rebellion, communism, rivalry, growing up, 1970s
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