Fritz Steppke is a genuine Berliner. He has invented a stratosphere express balloon, with which he finally wants to fly to the Moon with his friends Lämmermeier and Pannecke. Their aim is to meet the Man in the Moon there. Steppke’s sweetheart, Marie, doesn’t think much of this plan. She and her aunt, who is also Fritz Steppke’s landlady, consider the idea to be pure madness and try to prevent the journey to the Moon. To everyone’s surprise, however, the Berliners actually do land on the Moon, where the three friends and their involuntary co-passenger, Frau Pusebach, are not exactly given a warm welcome by Theophil, the major-domo and groom there. Theophil is very busy at the moment doing everything in his power to win back his bride Stella. During his last visit to Earth during an eclipse of the Moon, he had a flying in Tiergarten with – of all people – Frau Pusebach.
To the amazement of the travellers, the Man in the Moon turns out to be a merry widow who falls for Fritz Steppke, while Prinz Sternschnuppe has spent millennia trying to win over the affections of Frau Luna. Frau Luna is delighted about the arrival of the unusual guests from Earth, especially as the stars are currently visiting the Moon together with Venus and Mars. Entanglements galore. And all the Berliners really wanted to do was have a look around ...
Theophil has the right idea, and when Prinz Sternschnuppe picks up Marie from Earth in his Milky Way Cruiser, all of the couples find their way happily to one another in the end. Whether on the Moon or on the River Spree, as is commonly known, there is nothing that can really unsettle a true Berliner. And a true Berliner loves nothing more than the famous Berliner Luft.
Copyright: Apollo-Verlag Paul Linke GmbH, Mainz
