Jürgen Dose is taking early retirement and lives in Hamburg-Harburg. When his mother needed care, he moved to Duisburg to take care of her. There he meets Bernd Würmer, his mother's paraplegic neighbor. The two bizarre men become friends and travel together to Katowice, where Bernd hopes to find his great love. But a misunderstanding breaks the friendship and Jürgen wants to leave immediately back in Duisburg. Can Bernd change his friend's mind?