David Korda, a young doctor turned labor camp prisoner stumbles upon the body of a murdered Gestapo officer. With only hours until his transport to a death camp, he sees the dead man's uniform as his las chance to survive, perhaps even to escape. With a surgeon's skill, he goes about repairing the gashed and bloodied tunic under the noses of his SS captors. He manages to slip away before the train to the concentration camp arrives; but he's got the SS close on his heels. The pursuit leads to a concentration camp where he tricks the guards into imprisoning his SS pursuer. But that's not the end of their battle. Over Alps and through Austrian cities, on foot and horseback, it's a relentless pursuit to the Swiss border and freedom