Vorspiel (Prepared For Life)

Tom, an apprentice, is very fond of women. He is fiddling about with girls, dresses them, undresses them, makes them the center of attention or simply puts them into the corner. Unfortunately these girls are nothing but display dummies. For Tom wants to become a window-dresser. As for real girls, however, he is less lucky. Until one day he struck by the lightning of love. He spots her only very shortly in a car, but immediately realizes that this will be the only woman he wants. Since he lives in a small town, he soon finds out that she is the daughter of the new museum manager, coming from Berlin. Now he pulls every stop to attract her attention. Skillfully he intends to use the favour of the father of his intended girl. So he pretends to be particularly interested in Japanese porcelaine painting. But his plan fails and moreover, there is a competitor ...