Up to now Vicky's life has been bound up with old things, in plentiful supply in the pawnbroker's she runs with a lively display of Berlin quick-witted banter in Kreuzberg.
But this specialist for the remants of life is suddenly confronted with something very young and incredibly full of energy - a cheeky young rascal, made in USA.
This is Nicky , who has lost both parents in a car accident and is now taken in by his grandmother, Vicky. This leads to problems - and excitement. Vicky rustles up a few scraps of broken English and dolls herself up as a real Western lady, in an attempt to provide little Nicky with a replacement for his New York home. But her collection of American clichés are greeted with astonishment and mirth. Nicky has other things to deal with; a rigidly bureaucratic and officous case- worker at the Youth Welfare Office (Judy Winter), and the need to get on with the Turkish kids in the back yards of Kreuzberg, as well as to make new friends.
One of their neighbours who appears to be fond of children turns out to be a crook who wants to use the kids in his dealings with drugs, but he has failed to reckon with the shrewdness of the American boy, brought up on detective series.

"Bravo. A TV film with zip, pace and excellent acting. Mrs. Mira, Arent, Hancke and Winter give performances which are museum pieces. Nicky, whose parents have been killed in a New York car accident, and Vicky (Brigitte Mira) give this Berin comedy thriller a gloss which makes it a jewel of entertainment. The director, Franz Josef Gottlieb, deserves especial praise".
(Reginald Rudorf in BILD - ZEITUNG)