Germany at the time of the economic miracle: the boorish and equally rude Jupp Grapsch has made a small fortune through his bustling activities. His wife Lisbeth, on the other hand, does not feel comfortable with this, but silently accepts the circumstances. Even when Jupp gets involved with the somewhat disreputable Nina Sonntag, an extravagant young woman, she accepts this at first. At some point, however, the situation escalates and Lisbeth slips a slap in the face, which Jupp cleverly wants to use to finally get rid of his wife by divorcing her. But Lisbeth refuses and so Jupp hires an unscrupulous man to create a reason for the separation in exchange for money...
Acting
Gert Fröbe's Jupp is gloriously, unapologetically odious.
Direction
Vohrer brings noir tension to bourgeois living rooms.
Director
Alfred Vohrer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Alfred Vohrer's rare detour into domestic drama between his famous Edgar Wallace krimis.
The film satirizes the 'Wirtschaftswunder' nouveau riche, a uniquely German anxiety about sudden wealth without Bildung.
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