After a series of events, Georg Hauser, an established middle-class man, is at odds with the world, in which he himself used to work so well. He wants out. He wants to live. In a moment of his very own clarity, he destroys his car, but whoever destroys his property is an enemy of the state.

Un gardien de nuit, chargé de surveiller une vieille usine, devient fou. Son travail l'obsède, et l'amène à des actes de violence, jusqu'à commettre des meurtres.