1934, Hamburg. Adolf Hitler is about to visit the city. Hamburg's executioner falls ill, and is unable to deliver the sentence of four communists who are awaiting capital punishment in jail. Fearing that this would spoil Hitler's visit, SS leader Footh offers a local bankrupt butcher, Albert...
A young married couple, professional, intelligent and without inhibitions. Peter, an economist, Helga, a secretary at a financial broker. When Helga's boss is offered old tankers, the clever couple decides to get involved in the business. The plan is bound to fail, because knowledge and the courage...