The renowned Viennese fashion designer Franz Steiniger learns that he has a fatal illness and then retires to Italy with his lover Barbara Landau. During the absence of the CEO, his unsuspecting wife Elisabeth and son Albert and daughter-in-law Alpha fight against the hostile takeover by a solvent American cheap-fashion empire.

• Denise Zich
• Christian Kohlund
• Philippe Brenninkmeyer
• Rosemarie Fendel
• Barbara Wussow