1989, East Berlin: Anne (Josefine Preuß) wants to get a fake Westpass for her illegal departure from the GDR and travels with the rebellious August (Jacob Matschenz) to the Monday demonstration to Leipzig. She does so against the will of her father Otto Wolf (Jörg Schüttauf), a famous GDR state actor and gifted Honecker impersonator. He learns by accident that just calculated at the next deployment tanks against the demonstrators should be used. Disguised as Honecker, he smuggles himself into the Central Committee and wants to take back the shooting order, but due to unfortunate circumstances he ends up in Wandlitz with Margot Honecker (Hedi Kriegeskotte), from whom he now has to spend himself as her husband. Now Otto needs the help of his acting colleagues to get out of the mess with a healthy skin ...