Werner Baumgartner

If you don't take the truth too seriously, you seem to find many things easier. Be it in your professional or private life. Rudolf Langenegger is a politician and husband and a prime example of both genres. The inventive National Councillor on the wrong track is only surpassed by his wife Sylvia. And so it happens that she meets up with her "one afternoon stand" at the same time in the same hotel as her husband with his mistress. As the unfaithful halves of the couple want to enjoy themselves door to door, i.e. suite to suite, it doesn't take long for events to unfold that send everyone involved into the dead end of their excuses at breakneck speed.

Gerri visits his girlfriend’s family home expecting a quiet weekend, only to discover a series of “accidents” killing every visitor - from the gas meter reader to the maid - and begins to suspect foul play. His dread deepens when he finds a fresh corpse in the living-room closet and wonders if he or the visiting vicar might be next.

Karl Käppeli, strapped for cash after funding his daughter’s wedding, must launch a 1920s–themed ad campaign for a brassiere factory just before the ceremony. His world is disrupted when an enchanting dancer sets her sights on him, yet curiously, only Karl seems aware of her presence.

Heini Schoch becomes a millionaire on his birthday of all days. He mistakes his briefcase for a completely identical item. With one tiny difference: the other suitcase is stuffed with bundles of money. This money can only come from a scam, Heini concludes in a flash, nobody carries that much cash around with them. So there is very little chance that the police will be called. Heini tells his confused wife Hedy to pack her bags. They are to take the next plane out of the country so that the crooks don't find out about them. But Heini has rejoiced too soon: suddenly the police knock on the door and ask lots of "stupid" questions. Luckily, Heini's loyal friend Viktor is there to help - albeit very reluctantly. In order to distract the police, the two of them build a huge house of lies. Eventually it all comes crashing down.

Eddie Fischer is in a clinic to lose weight. For five days he is given nothing but lemon juice and mineral water. But on the sixth day he is supposed to be given yoghurt and crispbread, but just as he is making his emergency calls, the criminal Charlie Krumm enters and threatens Eddie Fischer, as he himself is not on a completely legal path. Eddie Fischer has no choice but to grant the criminal asylum. But when the police arrive, it turns into chaos and the two of them have to come up with a few ideas to avoid being found out.

Chief physician Leo Leu is under a lot of pressure. In a few minutes, he is supposed to give an important speech at a neurology conference. If he messes it up, he can kiss his ambitions of becoming clinic director goodbye. But he keeps getting interrupted. A Christmas party needs to be prepared, rehearsals for a nativity play are coming up, and a colleague is pestering him: Doctor Leu should be so kind as to play Saint Nicholas. In the midst of this chaos, former nurse Rita Kuster bursts in and confronts her ex-boss Leu with his sensual past. Leu reacts as quickly as he does clumsily: he lets assistant doctor Blättler in on the secret, who is supposed to take the blame for him. But an overexcited teenager, a gruff head nurse, a curious police officer, and a shot of Valium throw a wrench in Leu and Blättler's plans.

Cunning genius or poor devil? Ex-office clerk Kurt is both: he uses false papers and fictitious people to collect heaps of social benefits. Papa State is a real goldmine for Kurt. But at some point the scam is exposed.

SVP National Councillor Arthur Aebi has checked into the Parkhotel for a fling with SP secretary Anita Fröhlich. But when they go to admire the view, a dead body is found on the balcony. As nobody is allowed to know about the meeting between Aebi and Fröhlich, the body has to disappear. Aebi calls his secretary Willy Waser, who then gets involved in the whole mess, not entirely voluntarily.

A rich farmer learns that the grandfather of a poor farmer owns two houses. So he tries to buy the poor farmer's grandfather. However, the grandfather is even more cunning than the fortune hunter, and so everything ends well for the poor farmer, whose son then also marries the rich farmer's daughter.