Award-winning TV thriller by director Oliver Hirschbiegel: The Jewish antiques dealer Siegfried Rabinovicz is on his way from New York to Hamburg where he is about to testify as the principal witness in a murder case that dates a long time back. During a stop-over, an airport hostess talks him into giving up his seat on the connecting flight to another passenger. While Rabinovicz is waiting in the VIP lounge, he gets into a conversation with a stranger who is remarkably well informed about the murder Rabinovicz is going to testify about. Then, Rabinovicz notices a young man who is photographing them. Finally, it turns out that the alleged airport employee was not for real.