In the dimly lit streets of Vienna, the shadows of the past walk silently down a hotel corridor. Years have passed since the war, but the prison doors in people’s minds have never closed. When a former concentration camp survivor and an SS officer working as a night clerk at a hotel cross paths again in Vienna’s hidden corners, the dark bond between them comes to life in all its raw intensity. Liliana Cavani blends elements of war drama and romance into a dangerous psychological thriller. As the two former acquaintances return to their worlds—woven with the traumas of the past and an obsessive surrender—the shadow of their former comrades never leaves their heels. When danger knocks at their door, escape is no longer an option.