Zobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of thieves who eke out an existence as pickpockets. After a botched job, Karl becomes unable to work, forcing Zobel and Lizzie to seek out a new partner. Lizzie recruits Rudolf, the boyishly charming town misfit. Reluctantly, Zobel allows Rudolf to join them but warns him to never break the golden rule: "No exchanging of bodily fluids within the team." This dictum becomes increasingly difficult to live by as Lizzie's cravings and Zobel's own passions toward Rudolf intensify. Eventually, the golden rule is broken by Lizzie...and then again by Zobel (unbeknownst to Lizzie, of course). An intricate love triangle soon develops amongst the three that is shaped by deception, desire, and betrayal.
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Götz George
Zobel
Jeanette Hain
Lizzi
Christian Redl
Karl
Tana Schanzara
Wirtin
Ernst H. Hilbich
Schaffner
Armin Rohde
Horst
Uwe Rohde
Bahnpolizist
Angelika Bartsch
Dorothee
Felix Eitner
Rudolf
Hans Fischer
Mann im Aufzug
Norbert Heisterkamp
Hans
Jennifer Ostermann
Kind
Stephan Jansen
Bahnpolizist
Rolf Dennemann
Betrunkener Mann
Husam Chadat
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