The Kupfers and the Hausmanns couldn't be more different: Hans Kupfer is a Stasi officer and a stern supporter of the GDR, while Dunja Hausmann is a notorious dissident under surveillance by the state. Different as they may be, these families become dangerously and irreparably intertwined when Hans' son falls madly in love with Dunja's daughter, shattering the principles of both families and East Berlin itself. Named after the once-infamous neighborhood housing a secret police-run prison, THE WEISSENSEE SAGA portrays a Shakespearen love story against the backdrop of communism's decline and upheaval that shook the very bedrock of history.