Satansbraten plot
The film follows the hysterical attempts of the starving, confused writer Walter Kranz to scrape together enough money through begging, borrowing and stealing to survive and at the same time give meaning to his disordered life. He is unable to write enough to continue receiving royalties from his publisher. To get material, he interviews a woman he thinks is a prostitute. When his wife says that his poetry resembles that of the famous gay mythical German poet Stefan George, that is reason enough for Walter to investigate the gay scene more closely. He soon becomes something of a celebrity there.