The film is dedicated to the events that took place in the GDR from the end of 1989 to the beginning of 1990, in the center of which was the destruction of the Berlin Wall. The film includes the following filming: a military parade in Berlin on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the GDR, a torchlight procession of youth, the arrival of Mikhail Gorbachev at the celebrations, a meeting of the Politburo of the GDR, Berlin residents on the city streets sitting at tables of an open cafe, drinking beer, view of the monument K. Adenauer, meeting of the Congress of the Socialist Unified Party of Germany, views of evening Berlin, election campaign to the People's Chamber, voting for elections to the People's Chamber, interview of the candidate for chancellor from the SPD O. Lafontaine (synchronously), speech by Federal Chancellor G. Kohl (synchronously) , a wine festival in the Mosel Valley, views of the city of Ski in Belgium, views of Bonn, interviews with residents of Bonn (synchronously), views of Cologne, a cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Germany, a view of the barracks of Soviet troops in Potsdam, a speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the GDR G. Genscher (synchronously ), landscapes of Germany, a walk of Soviet soldiers in Berlin, trade at the Brandenburg Gate in military uniforms, a performance of street musicians on the square Berlin, trade in pieces of the Berlin Wall, speech by US Secretary of State D. Baker (synchronously), the opening of pedestrian crossings at the Brandenburg Gate linking the two parts of Berlin, preparation for the celebration of Christmas in Berlin. Celebrating Christmas. The film uses footage from the chronicle, including: World War II, views of West Berlin in the 40s-50s, American troops on the streets of West Berlin. The meeting of NS Khrushchev and D. Kennedy in Vienna, the entry of Soviet troops into Prague in 1968, Leonid Brezhnev's stay in Bucharest. Construction of the Berlin Wall, arrest of E. Honecker.