He wrote the script as well as the music, did film direction, and played the main character and several additional roles.
The funny clown Bratislav Metulskie is found dead in the "Apollo" circus.
Schneider and his aged sidekick Körschgen investigate the murder and soon identify a suspect by the name of Nihil Baxter.
Baxter makes up an alibi and claims that he was working on a painting when the murder took place.
When Baxter tries to escape to Rio by plane after he stole a sculpture from the practice of Dr. Hasenbein, 00 Schneider and his sidekick are also on board.