Life Begins

A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18yearold Erika when her father flees from Krüselin a small village in Brandenburg to West Berlin taking his daughter with him Her uncles luxurious house the turbulence of life in the big city and her cousins progressive thinking and quick wit all turn her head at first But behind all this glitter and tinsel lurks the cold hard world of money and Erika begins to feel homesick for the town where she grew up and for Rolf her first real boyfriend