The former waiter Ernst Held believes himself to be called higher and seeks self-realization as a poet. When he recites poems to his wife's beautician in an ambiguous situation, his wife puts him out the door. Completely destitute, the thwarted poet must therefore return to the lowlands of life and become the head in the Munich pub "Goldener Löffel".

• Solaris Film
• Gerhard Polt
• Christiane Hörbiger
• Ulrike Kriener
• Robert Meyer
• Elisabeth Welz
• Natalya Lapina
• Lutz Herkenrath
• Fritz Lichtenhahn