Fast ein bisschen Frühling

Two unemployed lads, Kurt Sandweg and Waldemar Velte, travelled by sea from Wuppertal to India in the winter of 1933. They robbed a bank to get the money for their journey and accidentally shot the branch manager. On the run from their pursuers, they didn't get very far: in Basel, Kurt Sandweg fell in love with the record saleswoman Dorly Schupp. Day after day, he and his friend bought a tango record until the money ran out and the next bank robbery was necessary. Evening after evening, the three of them went for a walk along the Rhine. The young sporting goods saleswoman Marie Stifter, who would become the narrator's grandmother thirty years later and who had to choose between a bank robber and her fiancé, was also part of the party.