Susanne is a single mother who lives a somewhat carefree lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in deep financial trouble and attempts a minor fraud to make ends meet. GDR authorities were critical of this truthful portrayal and turned down all international venues for this film, now appreciated as a rare glimpse of everyday Socialism from a woman's perspective.

The first of seven masterful "Wittstock Chronicle" films made over a twenty-three year period depicts the lives of three funny and sensitive young women in a small town who work at a knitting factory.