Ida Krottendorf

Paul is a playboy: a former girlfriend asks him to marry Zosia, a Polish girl, opponent of the regime of her country (it's 1981,December would see the state of siege in Poland and the arrest of many opponents) Paul hesitates but they told him so: it will be an unconsummated marriage and they will divorce shortly after. Against all odds, Paul, who is a happy-go-lucky guy, who does not care about politics,flies to Warsaw: Zosia is a gorgeous blonde, and during their honeymoon, he falls in love with her. But it's not that easy; back in Paris, Zosia is still a political activist whose friends look upon Paul as an intruder.

Bank director Ernst Rose, owner of the Hamburg bank Traven & Co., is asked to go to the airport earlier than expected to pick up his daughter Silvia. When he arrives, he realizes too late that he has walked into a trap. He is overpowered by kidnappers and abducted. The gang around Alexander Ford and his men want to rob three and a half million from the bank vault at the weekend. But it can only be opened with four keys, which are in the hands of four so-called key holders. Under the direction of criminal Ford, all those involved become puppets in a game of life and death.

A wealthy industrialist wants to buy little Rex, but the Antonius family, who bred him, turn him down. So, without further ado, he has the puppy kidnapped. But Rex, of course, isn't stupid and manages to escape his kidnappers. With his last ounce of strength, he drags himself to Joe Felsner's farm and befriends his grandson, Benny.

Vienna, 1947. Bockerer and his wife Binerl have survived the war, though his butcher's shop was destroyed by bombs. Karl Bockerer opens up a new establishment in the center of the city. Post-war Vienna is divided into four zones in which the Allies run things and ensure that law and order prevails. This is the story of two lovers: Gustl, just returned form a POW camp, and the Russian interpreter Elena. Bockerer becomes the patron of their love. Elena's father was executed by Stalin, and the only way she can escape a similar fate is to marry an Austrian. Bockerer "buys" a husband for Elena and, full of tricks as ever, he succeeds in pulling the wool over the Russian occupier's eyes.

A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.