Reinhold y Günther Messner decidieron escalar la cara Rupal de la montaña Nanga Parbat, en Pakistán, en los años 70. En el camino de vuelta Günther sufre un accidente y muere, su hermano Reinhold es acusado de asesinarlo.
A misfortune rarely comes alone: First caught the charming Munich wine merchant Sonja Franke her husband in red handed, then she gets in her state of shock even in a traffic control. She arrives promptly in court because of excessive speed, where the meticulous judge Alain Mayer withdraws her driver's license. So Sonja must travel by train to her most important winemaker. But in the course of the extremely turbulent journey, Sonja realizes that her "merciless" judge can be a thoroughly sympathetic and loveable man.
A detective with the highest clearance rate in the country, gets involved in a case with a young woman arrested for having killed her child. The detective falls under the spell of the young woman.