Rainer Grenkowitz

Albi, Franz and Tayfun ease through their small-town days, content to work at the garage, pick up girls and ride a bike. A little bit of freedom. When the new boss throws them out, they have to resort to new means to pay for the drinks, cigarettes and beloved motorcycles: betting, racing, crash-driving, car theft. But the tougher the going gets, the more they stick together. (imdb)

Ede Meier lives in East Berlin. After his father's death he buys a forged West German passport with the heritage money and goes on a trip around the world. Afterwards he commutes to the GDR using daily visas