Zobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of thieves who eke out an existence as pickpockets. After a botched job, Karl becomes unable to work, forcing Zobel and Lizzie to seek out a new partner. Lizzie recruits Rudolf, the boyishly charming town misfit. Reluctantly, Zobel allows Rudolf to join them but warns him to never break the golden rule: "No exchanging of bodily fluids within the team." This dictum becomes increasingly difficult to live by as Lizzie's cravings and Zobel's own passions toward Rudolf intensify. Eventually, the golden rule is broken by Lizzie...and then again by Zobel (unbeknownst to Lizzie, of course). An intricate love triangle soon develops amongst the three that is shaped by deception, desire, and betrayal.
Götz George
as Zobel
Jeanette Hain
as Lizzi
Christian Redl
as Karl
Tana Schanzara
as Wirtin
Ernst H. Hilbich
as Schaffner
Armin Rohde
as Horst
Uwe Rohde
as Bahnpolizist
Angelika Bartsch
as Dorothee
Felix Eitner
as Rudolf
Hans Fischer
as Mann im Aufzug
Norbert Heisterkamp
as Hans
Jennifer Ostermann
as Kind
