An irresponsible man is forced by his father to take care of an ailing teanager.

　六十岁的沃特·肖尔是一位强拆公司的搬运工人，也是老板罗兰·格罗恩的拆迁公司里最勤恳、最忠诚的员工。格罗恩谋划了一次涉及家族洗钱活动的拆迁，为此，市中心公寓楼的住户都将被驱逐出去，然后将楼盘以巨额利润重新出售。然而，一名最后剩下的住户拒绝离开他的家。沃特惊讶地发现这个顽固的年轻人是几十年前被他抛弃的儿子。沃特并没有表明自己是他失散已久的父亲，但他试图接近已经成年的儿子扬和扬的家人。当他意识到格罗恩和这单生意的危险性时，他已深陷其中。他想帮助扬远离危险，却以失败告终。为了帮助儿子和自己走出困境，他不仅要面对邪恶的老板，还要面对自己的过去。

Halberstadt, the summer of 1990: Maren, Robert, and Volker come across millions of East German marks in an old tunnel. Although the money is technically worthless, the three friends smuggle it out in their backpacks and involve their neighbors in a clever scheme to cheat capitalism by exchanging it for goods.