Katlewski is in his early 20s and a miner from Recklinghausen. He no longer realizes his marriage to his wife and the prosperity they have achieved.

Marianne and Sophie have had enough. The two elderly ladies from Nuremberg do not feel like they are old, although both of their sons obviously want to make them old. Now the two old ladies have had enough. Fed up with their sons who bully them, Marianne and Sophie decide to go on a journey and leave everything behind. Sofie cancels her life insurance, buys a Mercedes-Benz with a caravan with her last belongings and sets off on a long journey with Marianne & her animals.