Hungarian thriller based on events which occurred in the 1960s. A group of detectives race against the clock to catch a psychotic killer who has already claimed the lives of several young women. While the brutal murderer is still at large, an innocent man is wrongly convicted for the horrific crimes. Pressured by the prosecution to find the real suspect, the lead detective becomes consumed by the case and threatens all of his subordinates with dismissal if they do not comply with apprehending him. The scandal of these incidents must be brought to an end immediately to restore order to the anxious citizens of socialist Hungary.