Stärker als die Nacht plot
Germany, 1933. Hitler becomes Chancellor and the members of the Communist Party are in a state of alarm because of the threat of mass arrests. The young Hamburg couple Hans and Gerda Löning are expecting their first child, but in these times everything private is relegated to the background; even before their son is born, Hans Löning is taken into custody. In the camp, the prisoners try to escape the inhumanity with songs such as "Die Moorsoldaten“. After seven long years, Hans Löning is allowed to return to his family, but he cannot free himself from the clutches of the Gestapo. "Next time it will cost je kop" is for Hans a threat that will always be present...