Younger nurse Sissi lives a secluded life fully dedicated to her sufferers at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a long-lasting impression. He causes an accident by which he supplies first assist, Sissi wonders if he could be the man of her desires. However when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is caught someplace between a traumatic previous and a felony future.