Dr. Philipp Achtermann, a microbiologist from the GDR, was attending a conference in Frankfurt on business. On the return journey with his wife Nina, he allows himself a deviation from the prescribed route. On a side road near Lake Chiemsee, Achtermann's Wartburg collides with a West German BMW. At the wheel is Tom Maiwald, an architect.

• ARD
• Iris Berben
• Constanze Engelbrecht
• Volkert Kraeft
• Peter Sattmann
• Udo Thomer
• Eva Maria Bayerwaltes
• Karlheinz Lemken
• Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand