A report on free theater in the GDR/East Germany. The ten members of the "Zinnober" group describe how and under what conditions it was possible to work without an intendant and director, while always following the path of their own personality. With many open and emotionally expressed original tones, the theater people describe the togetherness then and now. Excerpts from puppet shows and sequences from the film "Traumhaft" are additionally cut in and thus show the wide-ranging repertoire of the artists. A model that failed for many reasons, including because the GDR state reacted with reprisals. After the borders were opened in 1989, the group split up and each went his own way.