A family in Germany

Hopes were high in the Wolfsburg region when the Volkswagen factory was built on Hitler's orders. Was this the beginning of a new era? While the world of the Ising family is being transformed from the ground up, the seeds of false promise are being sown. War breaks out, and now everyone must come out of the closet, for good or ill. While Horst makes a career in the party, Edda accompanies the Wehrmacht's Polish campaign with the special film troop Riefenstahl. Georg sets off on a test drive in his VW, which takes him through embattled Europe all the way to Afghanistan. At home, the parents worry about their problem child, little Willy. And Charly is waiting for news of Benny, the love of her life. But he seems to have disappeared in the turmoil of war and destruction ...