Regine ,a physician, loses her lover in a car crash and carries out an abortion;it's the beginning of her descent into hell.She gets a five-year sentence .When she is released,she becomes a host in a nightclub.Meanwhile ,her brother Willi leads a wild life,sells his father's stamps collection ,and after his unfortunate papa's death, sells his apartment and becomes a kept man ;his lover is much older than him and he cheats on her.A priest and a lawyer come to Regine's rescue..