The winemaker's son Andreas Zumsee from the Rhineland is allowed to study in Berlin. However, he sees himself more as a writer; he published novellas and poems in the local newspaper. Equipped with a letter of recommendation from their editor and mentor, he is looking for Dr. Open the operator, editor-in-chief of the "Nachtkourier", one of the leading newspapers in Berlin, which belongs to the powerful banker James Türkheimer.—DFF