Halberstadt, the summer of 1990 Maren, Robert, and Volker come across millions of East German marks in an old tunnel. Although the money is technically worthless, the three friends smuggle it out in their backpacks and involve their neighbors in a clever scheme to cheat capitalism by exchanging it for goods.
Follows an Italian con-man who pretends to be a prince and goes to Mexico City to exploit the elite's fascination with European Nobility. They comply with his every request, even giving him their daughters' hands in marriage.