A physician transferred to a remote rural hospital after requesting to leave East Germany. She secretly plans her escape to West Germany while working in pediatric surgery, forming a bond with a pregnant runaway patient named Stella. Ultimately, she sacrifices her escape to save a critically ill patient and decides to stay in the East with a colleague.
Jörg is Barbara's established romantic partner and connection to the West.
Barbara serves as a staff physician under André's leadership in the provincial hospital.
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