The part-time criminal Keek has lost most of the money from a bank robbery that he committed together with the now jailed Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Grabowski.

The next day, the alcoholic "Schlucke" is forced by his boss Werner Kampmann, to break into his transport company to pretend a burglary because of insurance fraud.

As it turns out later, the stolen money was already taken away by a former apprentice of Kampmann, Melanie, who moved to Mallorca with a friend in the meantime.

Since its release on August 26, 1999, the film has been shown regularly without interruption at the UCI cinema in Bochum, currently in its 1292nd[2] week (as of May 2024).

On its 10th, 20th and 25th anniversaries, the film was shown simultaneously at prime time in all 14 screens of the UCI cinema in front of more than 2,400 guests.