After many years away, development aid worker Peter Kessel returns to his home town of Gutenbach in 1982. He is astonished to discover that a lot has changed there. Cashless payments are used everywhere and facilities such as screen journals and video telephones have become a matter of course. Kessel tries to adapt to the changed circumstances and encounters difficulties in the process.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Gottfried JohnPeter Kessel | Peter Kessel |
 Katja RupéHilde Rust | Hilde Rust |
 Hartmut BeckerWolfgang Stein | Wolfgang Stein |
 Uwe DallmeierNaujock | Naujock |
 Elert BodeDr. Jung | Dr. Jung |
| MMelanie HoreschowskyAnna | Anna |
 Ronald NitschkePolizist Huber | Polizist Huber |
 Axel ScholtzLokalredakteur Schmitz | Lokalredakteur Schmitz |
 Gerd E. SchäferMayor | Mayor |
 Wolfgang MüllerPoliceman Meyer | Policeman Meyer |
 Franz-Otto KrügerKopf | Kopf |
 Gert SchaeferBürgermeister | Bürgermeister |