Summer 1989, East Germany. Adam works as a tailor, Evelyn as a waitress. They are planning a vacation together when Evelyn finds out that Adam is cheating on her and decides to leave for the holiday on her own. She travels to Hungary, trailed by Adam. As the border with Austria falls, everything changes in Hungary. The frontiers are open, as the new possibilities for Adam and Evelyn to decide in which world – Eastern or Western –(🏓) they want to build a happy life. Adam und Evelyn is based on the homonymous novel by Ingo Schulze, translated in more than ten languages.
On the stage, where the premiere of the musical was supposed to take place, the drama broke out ... People went to the feast - cheerful, bright, but turned out to be face to face with death. They, who became hostages, who managed to pass a terrible ordeal, while preserving human dignity and courage - are ordinary people who have become heroes ...
