A short love story between a lonely sleeping-car attendant and a lousy toy salesman.

The story of a Polish mother who is exploited as a cheap worker in Austria, and of an Austrian realtor, who fits the typical cliché of a stubborn, sexually frustrated and ugly midlife man.

World War II, Serbia 1941. When a Wehrmacht soldier gets killed due to the incautiousness of lieutenant Michael Berg, his superior, Major König, gives him an ultimatum: if the young lieutenant doesn't manage to persuade the prisoner Petar to betray his comrades, the Major will apply the infamous "100 for 1" act - a law which states that for every German soldier killed, one hundred civilians have to be executed. The story is based on true events.

Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets Karin, a mysterious jazz pianist who seems to know more about him than she can know. Suddenly, mysterious deaths begin to pile up and Johannes tries to uncover the secret under the mountain.