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".
Gerhard Polt
Ernst Held
Christiane Hörbiger
Frau Held
Ulrike Kriener
Agnes Prochaska
Robert Meyer
Herr Fuchs
Elisabeth Welz
Frau Dietzl
Natalya Lapina
Camilla Bleiss
Lutz Herkenrath
Herr van der Leer, Psychotrainer
Fritz Lichtenhahn
Dr. Schmidt
August Schmölzer
Herr Pfau
Petra Zieser
Reporter of 'Abendzeitung'