A harmless speeding ticket from Italy can sometimes have huge consequences - this experience must make construction manager Otto Schlegel, as he returns after a romantic weekend with his secret lover Renate from the south. There is an election campaign in the city, as no one may allow a misstep. As if that were not enough trouble, Schlegel has a new employee who wants to prove himself as a cover-up: Renate's husband Michael. But the press has already received weather. But the witty Schlegel does not let it get that easy. He struggles to keep his post and his great love Renate ...

Bauamtsleiter Otto Schlegel war mit seiner Geliebten Renate auf Spritztour in Italien - mit dem Dienstwagen. Dank eines Knöllchens aus Bella Italia ist die Lokalpresse dahintergekommen und kocht den Fall hoch. Bereichsleiter Brenner soll die Wogen glätten, dabei ist er Renates Ehemann…