Maier's father works in psychiatry. Money is always too tight. But little Sepp has a great joy for life, coupled with a sense of humor that will make it easier for him to cope with many things in life than, for example, Müller. And he has a father who does everything for him; who even puts his own job at risk and ultimately loses in order to fulfill Sepp's wish. From then on, the family starved for four years.