Was wäre, wenn?

The strangers show great interest in the dilapidated castle. Leading the villagers to all kinds of speculations about a possible border shift, the return of the duke to his castle and if there is any sense in joining the LPG now. Based on the play "What if -?" by Hedda Zinner, the film adaptation also deals with the uncertainty about politics and border adjustments in the 1950s on the inner-German border. WHAT IF...? is "concerned with a realistic view of attitudes of consciousness of the GDR rural population and comes to astonishingly honest, critical conclusions." (filmdienst.de)