7.055 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestAnna Pelzer has a dream She wants to become a ballet dancer. But after a car accident, everything seems to be over. The pretty schoolgirl can no longer move her legs and feet. Her family threatens to break apart as a result of the tragic accident, especially as Anna's brother was driving without a license. But then Rainer rolls into Anna's life - a boy in a wheelchair whom the girl meets at the sanatorium. Rainer himself was on the brink of a great career Two years earlier, he was a youth skiing champion until he was ruthlessly knocked down on the slopes. Despite his disability, Rainer is full of energy. He gives Anna new courage to face life, encourages her to learn to walk again and to pursue her dream of a dancing career. Step by step, Anna fights her way back into her old life. At her new school, she meets dance student Jakob and the prominent teacher Irene Kralowa, whose dance group she eventually joins.
Acting
Silvia Seidel commits to every single trembling-lip recovery montage.
Production
Peak '80s sanatorium aesthetic—fluorescent lighting and linoleum optimism.
Creator
Justus Pfaue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anna was a massive hit in socialist East Germany despite being West German—its disability narrative crossed the Wall when little else did.
Silvia Seidel was an actual trained dancer; Patrick Bach became a major German TV star. The sanatorium scenes were filmed at a real rehab clinic.
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