In the middle of his life, Paul Gompitz from Rostock makes the decision to travel to Syracuse in Sicily. He is driven to follow in the footsteps of the poet Johann Gottlieb Seume. But: Paul lives in the GDR, behind the most annoying border in the world. His plan is impossible by legal means. So he has to prepare an escape.

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Cast

Charly Hübner

Paul Gompitz

Lina Beckmann

Anne Gompitz

Thorsten Merten

Bruno Di Chiara

Jens Münchow

Bootsmann Peter

Tom Jahn

Christian Näthe

Mélanie Fouché

Nina

Anna Unterberger

Björn Jung

Wolfi

David Bredin

Grenzer Kurt

Rainer Frank

Rüdiger Sellhorn