Männerpension

Capricorn (Til Schweiger) and Hammer-Gerd (Detlev Buck) are sitting. And in the same cell. They are friends and try to make the prison system as pleasant as possible for themselves. Much to the chagrin of prison director Dr. Fazetti (Leander Haußmann), who is regularly driven to despair by actions such as wild wheelbarrow races in the courtyard. An innovative rehabilitation program is needed, and so Dr. Fazetti is planning something groundbreaking: women from outside are to take care of the pattern crackers. And those who are good are allowed to spend a few days on prison leave with their 'probation officer'. Capricorn and Hammer-Gerd are among the chosen ones and end up in the understanding arms of the sweet nurse Emilia Bauer (Marie Bäumer) and the lisping young singer Maren Krummsieg (Heike Makatsch) - but also in the middle of the chaos...

In 'Männerpension' (1996), successful comedy director Detlev Buck presents the stars Til Schweiger ('Der bewegte Mann'), Heike Makatsch and Marie Bäumer in a fast-paced film fairy tale with manly convicts, exciting women and a chariot race bigger than Ben Hur.