A successful, womanizing middle-aged man decides to move out of the house he shares with his wife after she confesses to having an affair. He looks for a new place to live and ends up moving into his wife's lover's apartment as a roommate. The husband begins to take an interest in the artistic work of the lover and coaches him for a big job interview. Little does he know that the job he's helping the lover to get is within his own company... A story about strange circumstances and the limits of friendship.
Heiner Lauterbach
as Julius Armbrust
Uwe Ochsenknecht
as Stefan Lachner
Ulrike Kriener
as Paula Armbrust
Dietmar Bär
as Lothar
Edith Volkmann
as Frau Lennart
Janna Marangosoff
as Angelika
Marie-Charlott Schüler
as Marita Strass
Monika Schwarz
as Frau in der Bar
Lois Kelz
as Florian
Cornelia Schneider
as Caro
Gabriel Pakleppa
as Junge in Badewanne
Roland Schreiber
as Junge am See