Monika Koch

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?

L'inspecteur Bodmer est chargé de suivre et de juger les prétendants à la nationalité suisse. Aidé de Fisher, son stagiaire, il étudie les cas de la famille Grimolli, du docteur Starke et sa femme, ainsi que celui d'une danseuse grâce à différentes questions et autres tests plus farfelus les uns que les autres.