Günther Siegmund

The coastal skipper Hein Butendörp marries his Alma head over heels because there is a baby on the way. The parents of the girl from a "better family" are bitterly angry about this "improper" liaison: they had completely different plans for their pretty daughter. Butendörp and his young wife live in an old boatman's cottage. Hein saves as much as he can to replace his outdated ship with a modern coaster. But for all her good intentions, the young sailor's wife Alma is getting in over her head with housekeeping. Soon she has run up so many debts that the bailiff is at the door. In dire need, she asks her parents to visit her. Then Hein Butendörp returns unexpectedly from the sea. Her mother-in-law is determined to get even with him...

Otto Sanftleben has had enough of the nudity on display everywhere in the big city of Hamburg. So he returns to the Lüneburg Heath. But there are now naked people there too - and his filmmaker colleague is also very interested in capturing the naked girls with his camera...

With his human nature and good-natured character, Police Master Johannes Wilke has everything under control. For this reason, he can afford to enjoy a glass of schnapps and play chess on the phone while on duty. Both his colleague Benthin and Pastor Petersen are not at all happy with such an approach to the job. But when a floater, a naked bather and a thieving tipple brother turn up, Wilke puts his beloved chessboard to one side...