The movie is about two young men who want to become master chimney sweeps. Michael Creutz goes to America to let off steam as a bodybuilder, returns disillusioned and worries about his wife, children and chimney sweep job. Karsten Schulze doesn't want to become a "demigod in black", tries his hand at many professions, gets married and is now the boss of a floor laying company. The friendship between the different characters remains.