Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realise is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.

Two small time criminals (Junghein and Britz) try to rob a bank in Dusseldorf and things go awry. They decide to take the bank clerks as hostages for 3 million German marks as ransom. The police try to trick them, until they realise that the real criminal mastermind is outside the bank controlling the whole show.—Harald Mayr <[email protected]>