Andreas Bernhardt

Dennis is a new inmate. Mike is an older black inmate. Together the two face hostile prison officals and inmates in their attempts to become a loving couple.

Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening. When the East-German authorities become suspicious, Thomas decides to try and flee to the West.

After a flirtatious encounter, a young man finds it difficult to organise the hoped-for reunion with the object of his desire. Calls remain unanswered and he is left with only a drink, his bed and images of soldiers in combat to fill his inner void. Meanwhile, the boundaries between imagination, reality and dream dissolve, and a cinematic chess game ensues in which queer identity is pitted against patriarchal violence.

Hardened criminals behind bars, locked up in their own universe and up to their necks in testosterone. The new prisoner, the young Dennis quickly learns the rules of this very special penal institution. The guards and prisoners all have constant erections and this fresh piece of meat is just what they've been waiting for. Hard core version of "Gefangen" "Locked Up".