Two families in 1980s East Germany, who could hardly be more unlike each other: The Kupfers and the Hausmanns. The Kupfers are a big cog in the Communist system, father Hans and eldest son Falk are officers in the notorious Stasi secret service. Martin, the youngest, is a cop. The Hausmanns, in contrast, are from a dissident background. Mother Dunja is under surveillance as a folk singer, pretty d..

The mid-1980s, social conflicts are escalating: the Soviet Union's reforms meet resistance from the East German SED Party leadership, and the opposition movement is growing. "WEISSENSEE II is a breathtaking work of art. Even more intense, even more authentic, even more emotional than the intense, authentic, emotional original... It doesn't take much imagination to prophesy the audience will l..

Autumn 1989. The Iron Curtain is falling. Political power is shifting at a breakneck speed. No one knows for sure if the Velvet Revolution will really remain peaceful or erupt into violence. The changing times take their toll on the Kupfer family as well. Martin Kupfer tries to get his daughter back with the aid of a West German reporter. His brother Falk Kupfer belongs to a group of hard-core Sta..

Between the fall of the Wall and German Reunification: Crime, guilt & punishment for Stasi agents, trying to cope with the collapse of the socialist economy, privatization and Western capitalism. WEISSENSEE 4, 1990, Berlin. The Berlin Wall has fallen, the Eastern Bloc has collapsed, the Stasi secret service has been stormed and disbanded. The whole power structure, in which the Kupfer family..