Andreas is unemployed, divorced and at the end of his rope. His alimony is in arrears and he doesn′t even have enough cash to buy his son a birthday present. His despair leads him to a supermarket, which he plans to rob. However, panic overcomes this first-time hold-up man before he can even draw his gun, and he flees into a nearby tailor shop. Once there, he threatens the tailor and his customer, ransacks the small shop for cash, and then realizes that he′s boxed in. Police have surrounded the house. Trapped together in a tight space and under extreme duress, these three men struggle through a labyrinth of human behaviour. Hold-up is a tragic comedy combined with all the elements of a thriller. This cat-and-mouse game in cinemascope is truly a brilliant achievement for all three of these fine actors.