The series is set in 1988 in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany, GDR) before the fall of the wall and revolves around the East German border guard officer Ralle Pietzsch (Thorsten Merten) who gets access to a secret tunnel.

The series is set in 1988 in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany, GDR) before the fall of the wall and revolves around the East German border guard officer Ralle Pietzsch (Thorsten Merten) who gets access to a secret tunnel with which he can enter the West whenever he wishes. Of course the only excursion he had planned leads to some comedic events and later returns.—Larzan(s)