Jackies' quiet life as a housewife and English teacher ends abruptly when her husband informs her that he is leaving her for a younger woman. In a quest for revenge, Jackie makes arrangements with a plastic surgeon for a general overhaul with the goal of landing a younger husband. A newspaper leads her to Peter who is as bored by his insurance job as he is by the young women he has been dating. Written by John W. Wrist
Elfi Eschke Heio von Stetten Ingrid van Bergen Ulrike Beimpold Merab Ninidze Alexander Goebel Michael Niavarani Nicole Ennemoser Nina Blum Hilde Dalik Manfred Dungl Fritz Egger Julia Gschnitzer Claudia Kment Karl Ferdinand Kratzl Johannes Krisch Sandra Littomericzky Nadja Maleh Erich Padalewski Jürgen Schilling Peter Scholz Otmar Schrott Martina Schwab Verena Schütz Christian Spatzek Fritz von Friedl Gerhard Zemann
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