The small business of the De Sterke family is threatened when their ever-expanding neighbour, department store 'The Rising Sun', starts taking away their customers.

Comedian Wim Sonneveld wants to quit his most beloved character, organ grinder Willem Parel. Parel, however, has his own opinion on the subject and decides to save himself from his creator. After leaving the dressing room poster, Parel sets out into the Netherlands to start a organ grinders revolt.