Silke Nikowski

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

Divorced and single bailiff Carla Schön has many problems with her pubescent daughter Eva. However, she cannot use these problems because she has to work in her everyday life. Even in her hobby, orchestral playing, she is absolutely tense. But then she meets the musician Andi Jannings and falls in love with him. He is a dry alcoholic and is in constant dispute with his ex-wife. To make matters worse, he is also a caretaker at Eva's school. Torn between her new love and daughter, Carla soon finds that her next job has to do with Andi. He has money problems and, accordingly, has not made any maintenance payments to his ex-wife.

One o'clock at night. The last three guests are still meeting in the Post, the only pub in Almbrück, after the fire department party when a youth, Florian, angrily challenges the village policeman Georg to a drinking contest. Georg should be careful, Florian threatens, he is a lying pig. The next morning, Florian is dead...