Dr. Basil Feurchtegott operates an complete stranger on the kitchen table in his vacation home, and suddenly finds himself in a very dangerous situation. However, the doctor hasn't felt so alive for a long time. 'The Man', a contract killer, had just traveled by train across the border to Switzerland. In a high rise building 'The Man' accomplishes his job, but is injured. Beneath a bride the two men meet. Fuerchtegott finds the hurt 'Man', and shortly afterwards operates him. The patient rewards him by granting him a favor. A dark net of mistrust, chance, misunderstandings and ignorance unravels towards a catastrophe. Fuerchtegott resumes his job inconspicuously but guilty in the circle of men in white coats, but one of them is missing...