Bern (August Diehl
Inglourious Basterds, Salt) and Gudrun begin a passionate love affair set against the backdrop of West Germany in the 1960's. Following the war there has been a stifling atmosphere of provincialism but a new mood has captured the imagination of the young. Setting out to challenge the establishment Bern and Gudrun become part of a global uprising joining forces with leftist writers and political activists but Gudrun's passion makes her join the infamous German terrorist Baader Meinhoff Gang and their paths are set to take very different courses.