Entrepreneur and art patron Ferdl Pörnbacher and his wife Maria invite friends to their house for their 10th wedding anniversary.
One after another, lawyer Bert von Wiese with his wife Barbara, tax advisor Lorenz Hofmayr and his wife Margit, psychiatrist Peter Notnagl with his wife Antonia, and mayoral candidate Franco Corradini with his partner Anika arrive at the hosts'. But instead of a celebration, the guests find their host with a gunshot wound and Maria has disappeared. Everything points to a suicide attempt by the host.
In an effort to avoid a scandal, the guests try to cover up the apparent truth, resulting in increasingly wild speculations fueled by various rumors and affairs. The musician and solo entertainer Ramon Moser, hired specifically for the occasion, as well as two overly eager policewomen, do little to clarify the incomprehensible situation. In a rapid chaos of misunderstandings, everyone becomes increasingly entangled in their own excuses, until the situation resolves itself in a surprising and comical way.
