A tailor sends his sons away. They each learn a trade and receive a special gift from their teacher.

Three young men working at a filling station fall in love with the same woman.

Otto Dernburg is forced by circumstances to dress up as a middle-aged woman.

After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the audience.