And although the movie mainly centers around the trials and tribulations of a leftist-activist woman known as Rita Vogt, many motifs in the script reflect Inge Viett's real life: she really did flee to East Germany along with some others in 1982, having fatally shot a Paris policeman in 1981, and she really did receive a new identity to live under in Dresden.
ænd ɔːlðˈoʊ ðə mˈuːvi mˈeɪnli sˈɛntɚz ɚɹˈaʊnd ðə tɹˈaɪəlz ænd tɹˌɪbjʊlˈeɪʃənz əvə lˈɛftɪstˈæktɪvˌɪst wˈʊmən nˈoʊn æz ɹˈiːɾə vˈɑːɡt, mˈɛni moʊtˈiːfs ɪnðə skɹˈɪpt ɹᵻflˈɛkt ɪndʒˈiː vˌiːəts ɹˈiːəl lˈaɪf: ʃiː ɹˈiəli dˈɪd flˈiː tʊ ˈiːst dʒˈɜːməni ɐlˈɔŋ wɪð sˌʌm ˈʌðɚz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː, hˌævɪŋ fˈeɪɾəli ʃˈɑːt ɐ pˈæɹɪs pəlˈiːsmən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi wˈʌn, ænd ʃiː ɹˈiəli dˈɪd ɹᵻsˈiːv ɐ nˈuː aɪdˈɛntᵻɾi tə lˈɪv ˌʌndɚɹ ɪn dɹˈɛzdən.