In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover__APOS__s sudden death. Against Ravic__APOS__s better judgement, they become involved in a doomed affair; matters come to a crisis on the day war is declared.
