"Twomainprotagonistsdominatethisepicfilm.ChairmanMauch,whohadsupportedHitler,findsnewfameandfortuneinWestGermanyafterthewar.ThebourgeoischemistDr.HansScholzlivesthroughatortuouspoliticaltransformationandmaturingprocess.Finally,hebecomeswrappedupinhispoliticalneutralityandcloseshiseyestothefactthatpoisonisbeingproducedinhisfactory.StandingbeforethejudgesattheNuremburgTrials,helearnsthatheispartlyresponsibleformillionsofdeathsingaschambersatconcentrationcamps."--Container