Artur Sorokin

Berlin, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Inquiète quant au sort réservé à ses parents, arrêtés après avoir été dénoncés, mais surtout déterminée à sauver sa propre vie, Stella, Juive allemande, accepte de collaborer avec la Gestapo. Elle se met alors à dénoncer systématiquement d'autres Juifs...

Sixteen-year-old Jann shields his mother Lina from the outside world in a system that has been established over the years. When Jann falls in love with Selma, who is a year older than him, he is less and less able to keep his family secret. Selma and Jann's love causes his previous world to collapse, but ultimately it also gives him the strength he needs to claim a new place for himself in life.