Nine year old Max moves to Geroldseck Castle together with his mother who gets employed as a nurse in a senior residence. Apparently a crafty thief drives here his mischief. Max's mother is suspected of threatening to dismiss her. That's why Max, together with the three nursing home residents of Table No. 7, is doing everything in his power to convict the true perpetrator.

En el este de Berlín en 1984, un agente de la policía secreta que vigila a un escritor y su amante, se encuentra cada vez más inmerso en sus vidas.