From 1962 until the end of the GDR, the BRD paid for the release of political prisoners in hard cash and also in various goods. On 19 August 1964, the first goods to be delivered were agreed: oranges.

Dancers, aged 18 – 80, duet with oranges to explore the relative „cost“ of a human being: What does the freedom of political prisoners “cost”? Is a young body of more value than an old body? What is the cost in human terms of growing and transporting an orange to Germany?