Karl is an unsuccessful comic artist who tries to get out of his financial problems by robbing a bank. On his way out he crashes into Paul and loses his money but he notices this too late. By accident the two meet again in a bar where Paul starts spending the money. With a crazy plan, Karl tries to get »his« money back.
Wolfgang Groos: Since 1996, assistant director with, among others, Sönke Wortmann, Domenik Graf, Hans Christian Schmid, Mattias Glasner and Denis Gansel, »The Lucky Third« is his directorial debut