Berlin at the time of the airlift. The 17-year-old Werner Gladow takes advantage of the exceptional social situation, which also disrupts the police, to carry out his robberies with his gang undisturbed. With the help of an informant, he also gains access to internal police information. Gladow's goal is to achieve unassailable supremacy in the Berlin underworld. But with the end of the blockade comes the downfall of the Gladow gang. - Based on a true story.