La historia gira en torno a Victor Dessauer, un niño judío que, en el invierno de 1944, ve cómo casi toda su familia es masacrada por los nazis. Dieciocho años después, el cazanazis Simon Wiesenthal consigue llevar ante los tribunales al responsable de la matanza... pero el sistema político y legal vienés sigue en manos de exnazis y el asesino es declarado no culpable.Además, el antisemitismo y el nazismo no solamente se mantienen en las instituciones de la capital austriaca, sino que permanecen en todos los ámbitos de la sociedad y Victor, prometedor empresario, también se ve rechazado por la familia de su novia. Así las cosas, el joven judío solo ve una manera de encontrar justicia: tomársela por su mano.
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
Helden, a village in a secluded, forgotten valley in Tyol. A place where the world is still a happy place, where a simple poache named Max loves poor Emma. However, he doesn't want to stand in the way of her being happy by marrying the greedy mayor's rich son. Time stands still in Helden, where Father Johannes is still able to stir up the parish with his sermons, where the oldest resident has already celebrated his 300th birthday, and where the village idiot reads Marcel Proust. One day, this idyll is threatened when the mayor plans to turn the village into a tourist trap. The heroic Max is ready to fight this decision and do battle against injustice. It's no surprise that Emma sides with him, and after staving off the evil menace, he can marry his beloved as a reward.
