They are now no longer children. Young citizens distinguish themselves. The time before the Jugendweihe and its celebration. They visit Weimar, the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp, the Schwedt petrochemical combine, and decide to go into business after the eighth grade, stay until the tenth, or take the Abitur in the district town.
| Directing | Winfried Junge | Director |
| Writing | Winfried Junge | Writer |
| Crew | Hans-Eberhard Leupold | Cinematography |
| Editing | Charlotte Beck | Editor |
| Sound | Peter Gotthardt | Music |
| Writing | Hans-Eberhard Leupold | Writer |