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Setting aside the politics of Nazism and its followers, this tongue-in-cheek parody of post-war conditions stars popular actor O.W. Fischer as Philipp Kalder, a former prisoner of war who has now wholeheartedly gone into black-market operations. Quick to see where a fortune can be made, his underhanded dealings ironically bring him legit recognition from the city that profited by his shenanigans. While busy with building his bank account, Kalder meets Hilde von Hessenlohe (Marianne Koch) also in the black-market sweepstakes, and plans on using her for his own purposes. Then the unexpected happens, he falls in love with her.