UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
疫情时代又一部精彩的低成本室内电影，就像《人民的名义》一样，看官僚们唇枪舌剑的会议也比很多大场面还过瘾。“远程无接触的屠杀可以减少执行者的负罪感”，德三真是把人性玩明白了。虽然这段历史早已耳熟能详，但是再看一遍仍然触目惊心。
一堂历史课。在恶魔眼中，生命只不过是一页页PPT中的kpi而已
二战前夕动荡不安的德国，迷惘的青年，混乱的情感与未来，令人诧异的巧合酿下的悲剧也不足为奇。
9分吧。镜头语言丰富，视角切换得当，是一种艺术享受。作家的苦恼来源不是金钱，也不是灵感，更不是家庭，战争，主义，友谊，信任，责任，爱情，正义。而是在痛苦于自己的无能为力，只能寄希望于自己的作品改变世界。正如结局一样。。。
魏玛式的魏玛故事，末日将至的世界反而眼花缭乱。带着任务看，才发现“学会游泳”一闪而过好几次。
思来想去，还是不忍心不给五分，虽然最后十分钟把我看得怒火中烧的，一万个不理解o(╥﹏╥)o 第一，fabian可以死，甚至必死，甚至可以这样死，但是为啥非要这个时机死呢？？搞什么烂俗的命中注定阴差阳错啊我真的是……第二，fabian看起来是“应该”死的，但是活下来会不会更深刻一些呢？虽然也会更残忍吧……很郁闷，三个小时的精彩纷呈精神紧张，在我心里最后十分钟是没收住的。画外男声：fabian淹死了。画外女声：他不会游泳。——这两句画外音算是结尾的亮点了。 五星同样送给男神希林（希林可真是个好名字），演绎这样的角色简直是手到擒来了，无可指摘❤
2022目前最佳。尤其适合结合现实观看：）
喜欢女主的台词设计，真棒。是没有预想到的结局——“学会游泳”。
除了结尾我不喜欢以外，其他的都棒的不行，拍摄风格，旁白，配乐，灯光和恰到好处的情绪，是一部非常好的电影了
我的欣赏水平不足以看懂，我只想说：拍得什么东西，太琐碎
文学性挺强，而且是当代文学。觉得男主角选的挺好，有点弱弱地帅。
前一小时过于吸引我，以至于忽略后半部分的冗长与平庸。
sad。并不觉得沉闷，慢慢地你就变成了法比安，看到了他所看到的一切，最后溺死在湖中。
难忘入冬的第一场雪❄️德国电影节首映，连线男主太开心了！
同时经历过一战战败和德国青年运动的法比安，面临着魏玛共和国逐渐高涨的民粹主义和经济衰败，书写着"活着只是侥幸，死亡才是必然"预告末日的来临。
很久没有看过这么长的电影了，琐碎的生活，好看。
◎由于大树褪皮般的摩擦力，分了几次来看。
现在看到它，我看到的是世界沉沦前的困顿和疯狂，好似如今一样，一切在下沉。走不出孤独和理想的，最终只会死于一场玩笑，被砍掉头颅生活的，只剩荒谬而无尽的等待。
“她喜欢他，但他不是她想要的人。相反的情况也会发生。被一个人吸引，却不想一起生活。”“那就没有方方面面都合适的人吗？”“不要期待太高。”//“我们把爱当作商品，但我们也希望商品能爱上我们。”//“你总会找到阻挡女人前进的男人，而她为了绕开他不得不与他纠缠，你会习惯的。”//“我以为我们是一派的，我以为我们之间没有嫌隙。”“两个人无法成为一派。”
我要加一星表扬自己现在还能看下去这样的片子哈哈哈
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