Berlin Fractured

The ultimate struggle for supremacy over Berlin begins…… a stage-worthy walkout of the Soviet delegates from all four-power institutions sets the scene for the next step.On the world stage diplomatic relations are at a breaking point and the Soviet Union and the Western Allies face off in an unforgiving battle of ideologies.Are the Russians really willing to starve two million people in an attempt to push the Western Allies from Berlin?Presented with the fait-accompli of the Berlin blockade, cabaret singer Bruni von Sinner has no doubt about their sinister intentions. Not even the reassurances from Vladimir Rublev, a member of the Red Army Intelligence, who insists there's no such thing as a besieged city, can convince her otherwise.Landlocked in the paw of the Russian Bear, she faces the choice of giving up her freedom or slowly starving to death. She and her compatriots have only one hope to stay alive – a supply run by air. But feeding a city of this size by air is simply impossible.The entire Operation Vittles reaches a breaking point when the weather turns bad and no more planes can land.Can the Americans and British win the race against time and develop the technology needed to fly through winter with snow, ice, mist and storms?And can the engineer Victor Richards build a new airport for Berlin from scratch – with not much more than hungry workers and shovels? Because if he doesn't, the woman he loves will have to live behind the Iron Curtain for the rest of her life.Based on the historical events of the Berlin Airlift, On the Brink takes you on a roller-coaster ride of hope, disappointment, determination and courage.

Two lovers, separated by politics. How far is one woman willing to go to save the only love she's ever known? Bruni, a singer and entertainer in Berlin after World War 2 thought she had it all: a career, raving fans, good friends, and an American soldier she loves. But good things aren't always meant to last. When her fiancé is injured in a hit-and-run accident and flown out to Wiesbaden, Bruni knows that she must do everything in her power to find him. If he leaves Germany before they are married, she might never see him again. But this is post-war Berlin, and the Soviets have throttled all traffic between the city and West Germany by land and by water. Her only way out is to find a truck driver willing to smuggle her across the Soviet occupied zone. Enter Otto, a good-hearted small-time criminal. In a bid to do his part against the Soviets, he smuggles food and goods across the border while making a simple living doing it. So when a Bruni offers him to a generous sum to give her a lift across, he doesn't think twice. However, Bruni is not the only forbidden cargo on board. When Otto discovers that his truck has been planted with stolen antiques, he knows that this journey will be no simple feat. Especially when he has the Soviet army on his tail. Can these two unlikely allies find a way to escape the death sentence that follows them? Will Bruni be reunited with her only true love?