A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!

Otto Waalkes
as Otto / Baby Otto / Otti / Grandfather

Eva Haßmann
as Sonja

Reiner Schöne
as Lackner

Michael Schweighöfer
as Kern

Wotan Wilke Möhring
as Brock

Steffen Münster
as Kruse

Tilly Lauenstein
as Old Woman with Dog

Wilfried Hochholdinger
as Chef

Ben Becker
as Suitcase Seller

Boris Aljinovic
as Birth Attendant