Together with the adventurous but yet naive Alex Baumgarten, Thomas wants to make a dream come true the three of them have since they were little kids: The escape into the west.
Frank, who wants to follow his acting career in East Germany, brings his friends to border, when a special force of the Stasi shows up.
Of all people, Franks father, Major Kurt Korbach, has to go after his own son together with Stasi hardliner Leutnant Heinrich Frey.
On December 20, 2010, the German channel ProSieben released a video from the trip that Moya, Dinda and Lau took.
It's accurate, physical and absorbing ... Go West is an obligation for everyone who loves intelligent, young and emotional television.