Siggi Schwientek

Josef "Schmutz" (german for "dirt"), a security guard obsessed with duty and cleanliness, is given the task of guarding a decommissioned industrial plant. While maintaining his devotion to the authority of property right, the self-proclaimed "Representative of Ownership" is himself slowly losing his sense of reality.

Phil, a driver for an armored car company, reveals his route to a friend. The friend, who is in financial difficulties, is put under pressure by her "benefactors" and betrays Phil. The money transporter is robbed. Phil manages to overpower the robbers. His passenger and friend as well as the two robbers fall by the wayside. Phil suffers a severe shock. That night he meets Eddie, a bum, near the robbery site. Eddie steals the money and goes into hiding. Phil, who has made the headlines in the tabloids, is suspected of having stolen the money himself. He also goes into hiding and searches for Eddie. Phil and Eddie decide to flee with the money ...