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Film begins with Theo leaving a note to his wife that he wants to kill himself. He wanders around in the park, exchanges his watch for 2 bottles of wodka and drinks heavily. Where he's found by the police just trying to hang himself in a branch. Flashback: Theo Lute starts drinking after the death of his son (whom he seemed to be quite obsessed with) and soon becomes addicted. He's leading a car repair place with his wife, who tried to hide his husband's addiction. Without success, she soon has to run the whole business, because Theo already starts daydrinking and is often "out of order". During a weekend stay with his friend Eugen at his dacha, a woman named Hilde is invited, who has got an affair with Eugen, but also already a boychild. Eugen is sleeping with her, while Theo is drinking heavily. When Hilde is leaving Theo asks to go with her and in his drunk state tries to explain that she would be an "ideal wife" for him with her boy. Hilde rejects his advances, but Theo attacks, rapes and in the end "accidently" breaks her neck. The next day he tells Eugen what happened, who says he'll take care of it (throwing her bike and her corpse into the nearby lake) if Theo keeps his mouth shut, but Theo couldn't keep up with his guilt. The film ends where the beginning halted, Theo is arrested.

First Lieutenant Hübner and Lieutenant Berghoff are facing a mystery. The crime happened within a flash: wage money was stolen from the car of chief accountant Heinz Siebert in under a minute. The car was unattended only for a few seconds and there were no traces of the use of brutal force. All of these signs making it look like the chief accountant only pretended a theft. But he stubbornly denies his perpetration or complicity. And even first lieutenant Hübner begins to doubt Siebert's guilt when all too clear traces seem to strengthen the suspicion way too clearly.

A young woman is found dead in her apartment. She was considered very reliable by her colleagues. The neighbors appreciated her helpfulness. She was a faithful girlfriend and affectionate lover. Anyone could only tell good things about her. Nevertheless, this young woman became the victim of a crime. Athough there are no witnesses and hardly any usable traces, it soon becomes clear that she must have known her murderer.

Georg and Detlef plan to crack an armoured safe during a controlled detonation that holds precious metals, money and diamonds. But they find only a bunch of keys. The detonation blocks off their way out and they are arrested in the process.