When fifteen-year-old Karoline meets seventeen-year-old Georg during a holiday in Bavaria, they fall in love. Their parents oppose the relationship due to their youth. Nevertheless, Georg and Karoline fight for their love. Karoline becomes a 'runaway' to be with Georg. Despite the great distances, stays abroad, and other relationships, they continually reunite. Over two decades, they repeatedly search for and part from each other, only to reconnect. Their significant opportunity arises in 1993. Behaviours that are commonplace among today's youth were deemed taboo back in 1968.