While their classmates in the West graduate, Rüdiger and Christian come to terms with their life in the East Berlin.

Rüdiger finds himself in prison, subject to interrogation, and separated from his sister.

While Rüdiger and Bärbel face the consequences of their actions, the other former classmates move on in more positive ways.

Christian considers a dangerous escape plan.

Christian escapes by swimming across the border, but leaves Heidi behind. Rüdiger is suddenly presented with a new option.

In the conclusion of the film, find out whether Rüdiger leaves West Germany, and what each person in the group is doing today.

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Barbara introduces sentences that only include the nominative and dative, particularly sentences with the verbs gefallen and schmecken.

In the second video about the third category of verbs, Barbara takes the class through verbs such as danken and passen, which require the nominative and the dative.

Barbara takes her students through some verbs with complicated structures, such as "fehlen" and "gehören." Luckily, Macy and Cramer are able to act out some of these to help their fellow students.

Barbara and her students look at a few more sentences that each have a nominative subject and a dative object.

Timo Uetz has dropped out of college to do an electronics apprenticeship. Now free from the stress of taking exams and writing term papers, he's earning his own money. Many young people today in Germany are trading their theoretical courses for practical apprenticeships. Sehr interessant!

Here's a typical restaurant scene to help you learn some useful expressions and vocabulary for dining out.

Alina and Paula have arranged to meet this evening, and now they are making plans together. Watch this video and listen to the expressions they use.

This small school in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg is quite unique in terms of the independence it grants its students... take a look!