The film is about a group of tourists from the GDR on a Black Sea cruise on the one hand and turns to the comic figure of Hurtig, secondly, to the unconventional love story of young Ronny and Sybille. The tour group consists mostly of "Privileged" (doctors, professors, etc. with family). Hurtig (lead role, played by Rolf Herricht) jumps in the short term for a friend as a surrogate tour guide, which he already on the flight from Berlin Schönefeld to Odessa is clearly overwhelmed. Later on the cruise ship " Ivan Franko "he gets by his lack of organization type the constant criticism of the" main tour guide "as well as some of the participants of the tour group. After a day at the beach in Batumi , where Hurtig trying to marry off both (Ronny's advertising Sybille out, first, because he is interested in board for a beautiful blonde) Sybille miss Ronny and the departure of the cruise ship. Hurtig also remains on the lookout for them. Independently, they are now trying to land on the Georgian / Russian coast to the nearest port for Sochi reach, and thereby experience some adventure. Specifically outlined here is the hospitality, friendliness and generosity of the local population in the Soviet Union . Finally, after a few days all will return safely on board the ship and eventually by air back to Berlin Schönefeld, which decide Ronny and Sybille, to meet again, and guide Hurtig notes amazed that his "new friend", a dog that followed him for a ride on the railway line between Batumi and Sochi, was already sitting in the taxi.