In 2022, Germany will finally withdraw from nuclear power. ATOMKRAFT FOREVER sheds light on the consequences of this in all its dimensions, using the nuclear power plants Greifswald and Gundremmingen as examples. Director Carsten Rau draws a comprehensive picture of governmental actions and human sensitivities and contrasts the planned pull-out in this country with the further development of the civilian use of nuclear energy in France, the largest nuclear state in Europe. Carsten Rau and producer Hauke Wendler declare the cinema to be a political space again.