In order to be reunited with Mahmood (Ören), a man she was promised to as a young girl, 20-year-old Shirin (Erten) leaves the life she had in a small village in Turkey in search of him.

Ayten Erten
as Shirin

Jürgen Prochnow
as Aida

Aras Ören
as Mahmud

Aliki Georgouli
as Maria

Janis Kiriakidis
as Janis

Peter Franke
as Meister

Hans Peter Hallwachs
as Gingster

Ortrud Beginnen
as Betty

Hildegard Wensch
as

Renate Becker
as