This man takes it absolutely seriously: Arnulf Kabe (Marius Müller-Westernhagen), who lives on the territory of the GDR near the Berlin Wall with his wife Andrea (Patricia of Miseroni), will leave the GDR as soon as possible at any price. He has already taken in the past few arrests and detentions and now hopes to be taken away from the residence in psychiatry to finally reach his goal. And indeed, Kabe this time belongs to the chosen people that are "bought out" by the Federal Republic, so that he finally lands in the western part of Berlin. The matter has only a significant catch: Andrea remained in the GDR, and it´s not as easily as Kabe had thought to get her out of the GDR, especially since it is not so sure his wife also wants to leave...