Henning Stehmann is an investment advisor and has cheated several people in his immediate vicinity, including his entire neighborhood, out of their money. Probation officer Klara Sonntag is to take over the court assistance and write an expert opinion on the man for the public prosecutor's office.

On what must be the worst Christmas Eve of her life, Christina finally wants to tell her bigoted family about her steady girlfriend. Actually, she can already guess what will happen. And yet, she has to make a momentous decision.