It is Munich, in the year 1949. A woman seeks out Bernie Gunther, a private eye. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get him back - he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration camps in Poland. She just wants confirmation that he's dead. It's a simple enough job. But...

It is Munich, in the year 1949. A woman seeks out Bernie Gunther, a private eye. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get him back - he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration camps in Poland. She just wants confirmation that he's dead. It's a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany, nothing is simple...