Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided on whether to stay with her husband or leave with her lover.

Martina Gedeck
as Doris

Ulrich Noethen
as Detlef

Heino Ferch
as Simon

Corinna Harfouch
as Krankenschwester

Robert Gwisdek
as Johann

Karin Gregorek
as Lehrerin

Tatjana Trieb
as Katja

Feo Aladag
as Krankenschwester

Patricia Driese
as Bille

Gina Friedrichs
as Mannu