Senator Isaak Kohler shoots and kills Professor Winter in a crowded restaurant, while Winter is dining with the struggling idealistic young lawyer, Felix Spat. Kohler puts up no defense and is sentenced to twenty years. Kohler then gets his daughter Helene to pay the reluctant Spat to reinvestigate the case, on the assumption that Kohler is innocent. The newspapers pick up on this and begin to question whether Kohler was wrongly convicted.
Dea, gynecologist and scientist, and her colleagues have for the last few months been preparing a campaign against the local pharmaceutical industry. A campaign, which is linked to Dea's published findings concerning harmful side effects of the pill. For years Dea and her husband Rheinhard have been defending opposing sides as to the culpability of the company. Rheinhard, who is also a leading scientist like Dea, is a high-ranking employee of the concern. In the meantime Reinhard and Dea's 2 daughters have grown up. The daughter of the company's boss, Johanna, is Dea's assistant and Reinhard's lover.
Joe Cavalier (Jean-Paul Belmondo) fue uno de los más hábiles y valientes pilotos de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Veinte años después, es el entrenador de un equipo de púgiles franceses que participarán en las Olimpíadas de Berlín de 1936. Aprovechando la competición, Cavalier decide ayudar a escapar a un grupo de judíos, pero la falta de sentido de la orientación hace que el grupo se extravíe en la montaña. (FILMAFFINITY)
Monica y Mike son una joven pareja de recien casados que van a pasar su luna de miel en Nuevo Mexico. Deciden pernoctar en un viejo y barato motel a las afueras de la población, pero para su sorpresa, aparece una ambulancia que comienza a perseguirles sin descanso.
