Reading and discussion with the author and director Dörte Schipper
In this exciting and moving novel, Dörte Schipper deals with one of the most dramatic days in German history: July 20, 1944.
Egon is a young officer candidate. Before he has to go to the front, he wants to marry his pregnant girlfriend. But unsuspectingly, he gets caught up in the top-secret military operation against Adolf Hitler. Only a few days later, "Operation Valkyrie" is to begin. These are days that will dramatically change Egon's life and that of his family...