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.

Justice

Claudia is a young and talented singer aspiring to a career at the opera and working hard to receive a grant for studying in Rome. She lives with Stefan, a classical music record dealer who's divorced and has young daughter. One evening she's attacked by a purse thief on wheels. A young man, Paul, runs to her rescue. Claudia feels attracted to Paul...