With the help of God, the loveable safecracker Paul Wittkowski – aka “Cracker-Paulie” – manages to escape the clutches of the cops. He dresses up as a priest and ends up in a village, whose pastor is in dispute with an influential businessman. To help the pastor and a young widow, Paulie has to use his own special abilities. This work leads him back to the path of righteousness. He contacts the police and, after serving his time, starts a new life with the widow.
Hamburgo, Alemania, 1944, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un asesino en serie aterroriza la ciudad. Cuando parece claro que la policía local es incapaz de atraparlo, fuerzas tan oscuras y terribles como el propio criminal se hacen cargo del caso.