Josef Nötzli is a shy and somewhat awkward man. He has been working as an accountant in a chemical plant in West Berlin for 26 years. But Nötzli originally comes from Switzerland. Nötzli started out as an accountant and remained in this position. Due to a misunderstanding, Nötzli suddenly makes someone else's career. At last, Nötzli is able to put his knowledge and concepts into practice. With his ideas, he quickly steers the badly damaged company back into the profit zone. But it is precisely at this moment that Nötzli's high-flying career comes to an abrupt end: the mysterious misunderstanding comes to light and Nötzli is dismissed from his post, accused of deliberately obtaining a position by fraud. Together with his colleague Neubauer, Nötzli ends up back in the accounts department. Now nothing can keep him in the company. He leaves the chemical plant with his friend Neubauer. But is this farewell final?
Walter Roderer
as Josef Noetzli
Ursela Monn
as Hilde Hartmann
Julia Biedermann
as Eva Brock
Joachim Tennstedt
as Stehberger
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
as Müller
Heinz Theo Branding
as Generaldirektor Dr. Karl Brock
Dagmar Altrichter
as Caroline Stehberger
Ruth Jecklin
as Juliane Kehr
Jochen Schroeder
as Alfred Neubauer
Eva Astor
as Frau Brock
