Ein verschüchterter, etwas versponnener Kleinstädter wird von den Geschwistern in ihrem Gemischtwarenladen tyrannisiert. Plötzlich ruft ihn der ausgewanderte, reich gewordene Vetter nach Amerika. Nach allerlei Verwicklungen im Hamburger Hafen und anderswo kehrt der bereits Totgeglaubte als selbstbewußter Mann zurück. Volkstümlicher Schwank mit einer Paraderolle für den Komiker Paul Kemp.

A timid, small-town man is tyrannized by his sisters in their grocery store. Suddenly, a rich cousin, who had emigrated abroad, calls on him to come to America. After a number of confusing events in Hamburg's harbor and in other places, the small-town man returns as a self-assured one after everyone believed he found his death in the interim. Popular farce with a signature role for the comedian Paul Kemp.

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES. APPROX. 88 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL. DECENT, IF SNOWY FILM QUALITY OVERALL, BUT THE AUDIO SOUNDS LIKE THE FILM WAS RECORDED USING MEGAPHONES IN A ROOM MADE OF ALUMINUM.