Grüß Gott, Genosse (1993)

Adolf Wendler is a teacher and deputy principal at an EOS (Extended Secondary School) in East Germany. Although he suffers from the chronic shortages in the GDR while building his own home, and is otherwise critical of the conditions there in many respects, he maintains the outward appearance of a loyal SED comrade for the sake of his career. More by chance than by design, a 1989 camping holiday in Hungary ends with him and his wife Maria in the golden West. Before he knows it, with the help of a well-to-do relative and by ingratiating himself with people in the West, he has a new job in the Bavarian school system and advances in his career without hesitation. It all seems to be going very smoothly: before long, Wendler and his wife are even the proud owners of a handsome home of their own. Everything goes well until one day Thomas Gorn, a rebellious and defiant former pupil from back then, joins his class and exposes his old teacher from the GDR days as a real turncoat and former loyal SED comrade.