Plastic surgeon Dr. Til Desno must identify a mummified corpse that's been found in a moor south of Berlin. As he reconstructs the body's face, he realizes that it's a friend from his student days in the GDR. It was said that he had 'paid' for his flight to the West by betraying his friends to the Stasi, including Til. But Til can prove that the man was already dead at the time of the alleged betrayals. What begins as an investigation into a mysterious murder turns into a gripping family drama.