Dominik goes to jail and sees his time there as a chance to leave his problems behind. His partner Frank accompanies him on his trip and prepares him a pack of memories. They try to pick up the pieces of their relationship, but no one can plan a relationship that way.

The balcony as a stage for the absurdities of everyday life: In six episodes, different people find themselves on their balconies in Hamburg – in both tragic and comical situations.

Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer and decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.

In 1941, a Jewish woman on the run with forged papers involuntarily shares a train compartment with a German officer.