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Arnold (Klaus Loewitsch) is a middle-class family man in his 30s who runs a local camera shop. Constantly striving to improve his life and business, his plans are altered by the death of his brother during a family argument. The actual death is not chronicled, but Arnold and his family fear that word of the incident would destroy their family and their business opportunities. His brother's widow is paid off to insure her silence, and Arnold's wife abandons plans to leave her husband in the wake of the events that have transpired.