When a young girl is kidnapped, ruthless police inspector Peter Nadler embarks on a race against time to rescue her.
Veteran defense attorney Konrad Biegler accepts the defense of a man accused of kidnapping a young girl. At the trial he must face the tenacious police inspector Peter Nadler.
Shortly before his 75th birthday, Wilhelm Schürmann has no desire to adapt his lifestyle even a little to suit his age and his health problems. When, after a bout of weakness, he was told to stop driving - at least for the time being - and move in with his daughter Bettina, the headstrong old man suddenly decided to run away.
