Horst Dieter Klapp

Millionaire Ambrosius Brown has been robbed in Chicago for the fifth time and is reported missing again shortly after being rescued. In reality, however, he is traveling to Europe with his friend Buddy Drops and his servant Washington. After twenty years in America, he now intends to spend his retirement on his estate in Mecklenburg.

A group of artists and journalists enjoy a series of romantic entanglements in a country hotel. An author, Vera von Eichberg "of whom no photo exists," has mentioned the hotel in her work, boosting its notoriety. When another female guest arrives, everyone assumes she is the author, despite her repeated assertions to the contrary.