Escape to Berlin

The German Democratic Republic has just been established as a socialist state, and the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany is ensuring that all business follows the socialist model. Claus Baade (Christian Doermer) is a government agent who travels to a village in Saxony-Anhalt to convert the land of an unwilling farmer (Narziss Sokatscheff) into a cooperative. But in speaking to the disgruntled farmer, he's convinced to assist the man in escaping across the East/West border.