An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. According to the calculations, it will hit the French Atlantic coast in 8 days and completely destroy large parts of Europe. An attempt by NASA to shoot the celestial body out of its orbit with rockets has failed - Germany is in the death zone. Physics teacher Uli Steiner and his wife Susanne want to flee to Russia by land with their children. At the same time, Susanne's brother Herrmann tries to evacuate the family, including father Egon and Herrmann's heavily pregnant girlfriend Marion, to the USA with the help of his government contacts. Klaus Frankenberg, the authoritarian father of Leonie's friend Nora, is prepared for the end of the world: he has built himself a bunker. But Nora doesn't want to be locked up, preferring to celebrate the last days of her life with friends at an intoxicating, excessive end-time party.