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Frankfurt 1987. Alfred Herrhausen (Oliver Masucci) is reaching for power at Deutsche Bank. With the support of his mentor Christian (August Zirner), he wants to set the course for the future as the bank's sole spokesman. His colleagues react with outrage to his revolutionary proposal for debt relief for developing countries.

Herrhausen (Oliver Masucci) not only wants to modernize the bank, but also wants to shape it politically at a time of the East-West conflict. As a supporter of Gorbachev's reform policy, the Deutsche Bank boss is entering mined territory and making dangerous enemies - from US secret services to the GDR regime. Warnings from US strategist Kissinger (Dov Glickman) bounce off him. Chancellor Kohl (Sascha Nathan) knows how to use Herrhausen wisely. He ignores his wife Traudl's (Julia Koschitz) concerns about his health and safety.

Deutsche Bank CEO Herrhausen (Oliver Masucci) commissions his fellow board member Kopper (Shenja Lacher) to buy a London investment bank. He must prepare the traditional bank for the future and take sole leadership with a coup. Even on the thin ice of world politics, he remains true to his will to shape things.

An RAF terrorist cell led by Tania Fehling (Lisa Vicari) is preparing an attack with the militant Palestinian functionary Al Fahoum (Yousef Sweid) under the eyes of the CIA and Stasi. Their target is: Herrhausen.

Why did Alfred Herrhausen become the target of his murderers? Was it his push for debt relief for developing countries or was it his push for globalization? The banker was involved in national and international politics. He stood for the close ties between banks and large-scale industry. Herrhausen was a political friend of Chancellor Kohl and traveled to Moscow and Budapest on his behalf. As a result, billions of dollars in loans were made available to the bankrupt states of the Eastern Bloc, and in the end the Iron Curtain fell. Herrhausen resolutely opposed opponents and competitors. He did not escape the assassination attempt. Who was this man whose actions attracted deadly hatred?