Frustrated by unsuccessful online dating, 48-year-old Markus develops a strange obsession with his 17-year-old daughter Emma's relationship. He secretly begins to film them and thereby develops a new courage to face life, but realizes too late what shaky legs his new life is built on.
When their ship is sunk in the Indian Ocean during the first world war, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find allies and finally make it home to Germany. A breathtaking real-life odyssey.