Anita is a young German Jewish woman from the GDR who arrives in West Berlin to set out on a new life. Weaving her way through a tempting capitalist society for the first time in her life, she quickly falls under the influence of the West’s consumerism and its desire for instant gratification. 

Avant Wenders, Herzog et Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge provoquait l’ordre dominant et lançait des cocktails Molotov aux conventions cinématographiques. Brillantes comme des éclats de verre, les techniques qui nous éblouissent dans ce premier film rebelle annonçaient un nouveau cinéma national.