一个夏天的描述

In the late fifties a large industrial complex was built near Schwedt, in the GDR. This low budget film tells about the voluntary participation of the brigades of the Freie Deutsche Jugend in the building up, and as such belongs to the so-called Aufbau films. The FDJ was an organization similar to the YMCA, so the youth affiliate of there the Bolshevist Party. The boys and girls are strongly motivated to build a new socialist society, but they lack the skills and knowledge. This is remedied by Tomas Breitsprecher (played by the famous actor Manfred Krug, who was also a jazz player), an experienced civil engineer. However, Tom is not really a textbook character, and in particular has a bad reputation with women. Besides, he has never joined the SED...