Otto Lüthje

A day in the lives of a Hamburger couple Jan and Renate. A few days ago they moved to Wilhelmsburg. There they have to build a child's room, but they lack the money.

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

Widow Lührs only receives a meagre pension and is therefore reliant on supplementary income, so she plays commercial cards without permission! One day, farmer Henck from Schandeloh appears at her house, who wants to scare his bossy wife with the help of the cards. Wilhelmine Lührs hesitates, but ham, sausage and money finally persuade her to change her mind. She lays out the cards for Mrs. Henck just as her husband had wished. But the fraud is discovered and Mrs. Lührs has to appear before the public prosecutor. But even in court, the ludicrous Wilhelmine manages to use her wisdom to cleverly get out of the affair.

Norbert and Traute get married and are now looking for a home. He is an accountant and doesn't attach much importance to things that are desirable to many others - the main thing is to live well and celebrate the festivals as they fall. She is a typist and is only used to cleanliness and correctness at home. For financial reasons, she cannot afford her own apartment for the time being. Either the rent is too high or the building cost subsidy is too high. So the young couple decide to live with Traute's parents for the time being. However, Norbert, who grew up in completely different circumstances, leaves after ten months. In order to keep her husband, Traute decides to live with him at his parents' - but that doesn't work out either.

An old librarian, Professor Columbus, wants to go to the sea once in his lifetime. So he buys a big ship and takes a boat trip across the North Sea to London, accompanied by a bunch of stoned hippies, and chased by the police.

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...