When a plague breaks out in Hamburg, several people break out of quarantine and make their way out of the city... only to find that the plague is more widespread.
Wallraff hid for two years as Ali Levent Sinirloglu, working various jobs as a Turk. His experiences were shocking, and he documented them with a video camera, aided by director Jörg Gfrörer. The footage, along with additional recordings, was edited into a 106-minute film from about 100 hours of material.
After years at sea, a young man returns to St. Pauli, where he is ruined by his mother's unkindness and social resistance.
