Dörte Brandt has always dreamed of dancing like Baby and Johnny in her all-time favorite film Dirty Dancing. This wish gets on the nerves of everyone around her, but especially her boyfriend Jens, who is absolutely unromantic and thinks nothing of dancing. Nevertheless, he fulfills Dörte's greatest wish and travels with her to Virginia to the original locations of the film.
On the way to his mother's, Bruno has a breakdown in his vintage car that will change his life. Sophie, the former love of his life, suddenly appears before him. After a stormy night of love, she disappeared without a trace, and even now she wants nothing to do with the young car mechanic, as she is now engaged to someone else.
They used to make music together in the GDR and were best friends. Then one of them became famous and the other was arrested. Decades later, the latter wants justice and accuses his successful colleague of spying on him and betraying his escape plans to the Stasi. The dramatic night-time conversation ends disastrously. After a concert, successful pop singer Marco Hoffmann's past catches up with him: his ex-bandmate Wolle wants to talk to him. The two had a rock band in the GDR - but while Marco was making a career for himself, Wolle ended up in prison after a failed escape attempt. Even after being ransomed to the West and the collapse of the GDR, Wolle couldn't get a leg on the ground. He suspected Marco of having spied on him as an IM. Wolle believes he has found clear evidence in his Stasi file. But Marco denies everything.
