The west German security police, Verfassungsschutz, need help to infiltrate a group connected to the Rote Arme Fraktion. The swedish James Bond, Carl Hamilton, goes to Hamburg, pretending to be a Swedish officer, thrown out of the country after having been exposed as an East German spy. He gets in contact with the terrorists and joins them. Together they are planning to strike ... 这部剧情简单但非常具有戏剧张力的电影很能导演的功力和风格。影片开头两个亡命徒的行为先抑后扬，在琵琶遮面中透着乖戾，平静的氛围中弥漫着一些不一样的味道。