Afraid that Hans will leave her, Katharina weeps over the grave of Ernst Busch before remembering that her father is supposed to visit. She searches for a phone to call her father and passes the old houses of communist artists who tried to define the culture of Socialist Germany but have now long since passed. She finds one house that is still occupied by a living artist, Theo Balden. She calls her father to cancel their meeting.

On her way to meet with Hans, Katharina has her hair cut off at a hairdresser. At a café bar, Hans scolds Katharina for putting their relationship at risk. He stresses the need to find out who she really is in order to save their relationship, which means that he will scrutinize every aspect of her life in Frankfurt. Katharina guiltily agrees to submit everything she has written down in Frankfurt for his investigation. That night, he lies awake next to Ingrid and realizes that Katharina’s infidelity was inevitable.

No longer able to trust anything Katharina tells him, Hans suspects that Katharina has been intimate with Vadim more than once.