Several young girls were killed. Policeman Matthaei travels to the region where it happened and searches a child that looks similar to the ones that were murdered. He finds one and stays with her and her mother, not telling them that he is waiting for the killer to start his bloody work one more time ...

本片描写1933年德国的纳粹势力崛起时，在一艘由墨西哥驶往柏林的大客轮上产生了诸多荒诞可笑的事，反应出在特别的时代空气下大千世界的人生缩影。船员都是德国人，其中还包孕船上的医生，他爱上了其中的一位女乘客。此外还有一个年轻的美国女孩，是和她爱着的汉子一起参观。对于其他乘客来说，神秘的珍妮使人揣摩不透，可是有一个著名的人物却引…