The shy Michael dreams of becoming a great director and wants to make a romance. His childhood friend Bobby - owner of a red light bar - agrees to fund Michael's first film. On one condition: porn instead of a romance.

The Count of Hohenlodern and the forester Susanne, his ex-lover, are after a psychopathic poacher. Leni has completely different problems. She is caught between two men, her husband Werner and his brother Karl. When Werner's ex-lover Irmgard suddenly turns up in the village and Leni's children get on the poacher's trail, the situation escalates and a dramatic finale ensues ...

Comic artist Brösel trades a magic pen that helps him come up with funny stories for the promise to fulfill one of Rumpelstiltskin's wishes. The resulting animated films show episodes of the life of Werner, a plumber apprentice and motorbike enthusiast and his friends. They are interspersed with the live-action portions.

Leo, a young filmmaker, quarrels with the screenplay author about the explosive plot, has problems with his girlfriend Katrin, and to top it all, the department of education doesn't want to subsidize his film although the television people are interested in it. In other words, a lot of problems for Leo. An influential politician who thinks he has recognized himself in the film story is responsible for it all.