Algeria, mid-50s: it is the time of uprisings against the French colonial power. The German-born foreign legionary Hans Röder witnesses inhuman criminal actions against members of the Algerian resistance movement. These go to the account of the French secret organisation "Red Hand", but it cannot use witnesses. Röder deserts and tries to bring his observations to the public. He is relentlessly pursued by the "Red Hand", which leaves a bloody trace. Röder flees to West Germany, but here too the arm of the organisation enough. He sees no other way out than to escape to the GDR.
as Hans Röder
as Andre Berthaud
as Mouchon
as Leutnant bei Demand
as Kuhnert
as Demand
as Jean Dearue
as Hannelore Puchmann
as Karl Steppat
as Pierre Vaudrin
as Mustapha Saadi
as Kriminalassistent
