Warum sind sie gegen uns?

Günter and Gisela are from different worlds. But when they meet for the first time, sparks fly and the class barriers between them begin to crumble.

Twenty-year-old Günter comes from a working-class family and earns his living at a foundry. His leisure time is devoted to swing music and his friends from the motorcycle club. Gisela, who is about the same age, is the daughter of a civil servant and mostly moves in artistic circles. Despite their different backgrounds, upon meeting the two are immediately drawn to each other. A future together seems possible. But Gisela’s parents consider the relationship beneath her standing. Gisela, however, is not about to simply accept this as a given.

An award-winning and remarkably prescient directorial debut by actor Bernhard Wicki, exploring the fundamental question of whether class divisions can be overcome.

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