A woman is sexually assaulted by a man in a car. The man is shown groping and undressing her before removing his trousers. The scene cuts away before anything further is shown.

A couple of scenes of sexual intercourse: In one scene, a major character is seen having sex with a prostitute while seated in a chair and she is straddling him. In another scene the protagonist is having sex with his girlfriend. In both of these scenes we see breasts and buttocks.

There are two scenes with a major female character taking a shower, and she is shown mostly from the rear.

A prostitute undresses she shows prolongued rear nudity. Breasts are also seen.

A character commits suicide, but it's only talked about.

The movie dialog is in German with subtitles. There is one scene where an angry character is seen exclaming "Scheiße!" and the word "S***!" is printed as a subtitle. Otherwise, none.

Quite a few of the adult characters smoke during the movie. The major female character is seen taking some sort of drug in a pill form, probably the Aponeuron that she purchases later (a medication that the body converts to amphetamine). It is not clear whether it is really illegal or not - the context is that the state would prohibit her from taking this particular drug but not necessarily because it is immoral.

The protagonist and another character are sharing a drink from a bottle. The gentleman has several other bottles there as well. The protagonist lights up a cigarette at this time also.

There are several scenes where characters drink cocktails. In one scene two of the major characters are in a quiet bar, and the male drinks two shots of vodka while the female drinks a shot of cognac. There is no scene in the movie where anyone is shown to be intoxicated.

Very early in the movie, a prisoner deprived of sleep is being interrogated. He breaks down when threatened with the arrest of his wife and the institutionalization of his children.

The film does get a bit depressing at times and has the overall feeling of militant oppression when the Communists were in power.

During a class scene of would-be interrogators, taught by a senior and respected Stasi interrogator, a student asks a question that shows sympathy to the prisoners plight. The instructor then makes a mark on the seating chart where this student is sitting perhaps to keep an eye on this student as a possible prisoner sympathizer or of the wrong character to do the job well.