Set in the rural fringes of the state of Bihar, India, the film traverses the travails of an Old man and his family through a day's routine. Tied in customs and dipped in tradition the world surrounding the Old man is portrayed with characteristic monotony. 'Das Nichts' essentially captures the essence of a melancholic existence of the Old man who is shown to be impaired of hearing. Through a unique audio-visual sensory experience the film attempts to establish the fact that the impairment in the Old Man's life is a microcosm of the existence of the world around him, both happily oblivious of either.