V povojni Nemčiji osvoboditev s strani zaveznikov ne pomeni prostosti za vse. Hansa vedno znova zapirajo zaradi njegove homoseksualnosti. V več desetletjih razvije nepričakovano in nežno vez s sojetnikom Viktorjem, obsojenim morilcem.Hans Hoffmann (Franz Rogowski) ne pričakuje veliko od življenja v povojni Zahodni Nemčiji. Kako bi le, saj represivni režim šteje homoseksualnost za zločin, njega pa vedno znova pošilja za rešetke? Kljub temu se Hans ne namerava odpovedati moči ljubezni. Pretanjena, romantična in čudovito odigrana drama je postavljena v surovo okolje zapora; zgodba pokaže, da niti najtemnejša celica človeku ne more odvzeti resnične svobode.
In post-war Germany, not everybody can enjoy freedom. Hans, a man who undergoes repeated prison time as he keeps being punished for his desires, experiences its passage differently from his recurring cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer in it for the long haul. We begin in 1968, with Hans again arriving in prison. Viktor, an amateur tattoo artist, offers to cover up the camp number on Hans' forearm. Over time, the two men will exchange moments of exposure and need. Their bond is shadowed throughout by Viktor's deep-rooted homophobia and Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Despite all this, Hans and Viktor develop an unlikely bond.