Marga is very upset when she realizes that she has been working for the enemy. Ohrmann's daughter Olga tries to convince her to stay.

Marga is happy to move into the property's guesthouse with Olga, with whom she gets along quite well. The two decide to help each other with their problems with Herr Ohrmann.

Marga gets Dr. Gössel to confess that he tampered with Mr. Ohrmann's car. As it turns out, they have a lot in common...

Marga goes to the university library to try to study cases similar to her own against Herr Ohrmann. Later, she cooks him dinner.

Marga Engel gives Herr Ohrmann a new concept for how to deal with the existing tenants in an area he wants to develop.

Marga's new friendships continue to develop as she considers her options and tries to determine the best way to take down Mr. Ohrmann. At the same time, she has also begun to sympathize with him.

When the police come to search his house, Mr. Ohrmann entrusts Marga with incriminating documents. The window of opportunity is there, but Marga starts to feel quite unsure about the whole thing.

Marga confronts Mr. Ohrmann with her terms, but it may be too late for him to do the right thing and save himself.

Mr. Ohrmann tries to call to turn himself in, but the line is busy. Luckily, Dr. Gössel is determined to give him a chance.

Mr. Ohrmann admits to his wife that he also conned Marga, and tries to reconcile with his daughter. Marga realizes that Mr. Ohrmann going to jail also has negative consequences for her own life...

In one last attempt to save Marga's living situation, Ohrmann instructs her to find a little book in his office before his colleagues can get to it.

With Ohrmann in custody and his partners trying to take over, Marga scrambles to solve the company's problems.

Marga confronts both of Mr. Ohrmann's colleagues and lays out their options. Word gets out that she has been named the new chair of the Ohrmann Group.

Marga and Herr Ohrmann meet in prison to discuss business. Ohrmann has noticed that Dr. Gössel is a good man, perhaps a good man for Marga?

Ein Mann will nach oben is a television drama based on a 1941 novel by Hans Fallada about a young man who moves to Berlin and tries to make a life for himself there in the year 1909. In this trailer, you can see some scenes from the film and listen to interviews with cast members.