Robert Labitzke, 29, is sentenced to 12 years in prison for various offenses with which he 'wanted to fight injustice'. His rebelliousness in the Saalbruch prison, where he feels like a rebel and hero and threatens suicide and an escape, is severely punished: arrest cells, solitary confinement and the infamous Schweigehof. Labitzke breaks off a hunger strike and is then employed in the tailor's workshop. There he procures civilian clothing and manages to escape together with cellmates. But freedom only lasts a few hours.
—NDR