This documentary follows the story of young men from North Korea, who are learning and studying in the 1950s in the German Democratic Republic. There they are falling in love with German women. Some of them are getting married and get children. In the early 60s they are suddenly ordered home to North Korea and have to leave back their women and children. The movie is telling the story from the view of the women and children.

Verliebt, verlobt, verloren

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a country with a very strong social cohesion and the unprecedented admiration of the people for their leader, which is absolutely unique and incomprehensible especially from a Western point of view. The native Korean director Sung-Hyung Cho tries to understand this by accompanying several Koreans from different backgrounds in their daily lives. The film shows the country and its people in a way, as it is rarely done in Western media, non-judgmental and respectful towards the people.