Hans Immer, head of an international multinational corporation, and Bruno Koob, owner of a struggling Berlin pub, have only one thing in common: they look exactly alike! When the millionaire realizes one day that kidnappers are planning to abduct him, he has a devilishly good idea: he hires the unsuspecting pub owner as his double! But instead of falling for the kidnappers' scheme, Bruno turns the global corporation and Immer's private life upside down. Wherever Bruno appears, chaos ensues! Immer would love to undo everything now, but it's easier to hire a double than to get rid of one...