Dr. Danwitz ist ein berufener Mediziner. Der Assistenzarzt arbeitet praktisch Tag und Nacht an einem Forschungsprojekt, allerdings ohne Bezahlung. Seine Frau Edith verdient als Mannequin das nötige Kleingeld dazu. Darum stellt ihre Schwangerschaft eine finanzielle Katastrophe für das junge Paar dar. Da bittet eine schwerreiche Frau Dr. Danwitz um eine illegale Abtreibung, für die sie gut bezahlen würde. Der Arzt muss eine schwerwiegende Entscheidung treffen.
Dr. Danwitz (Karlheinz Böhm) and Dr. Hauser are assistant doctors at a hospital and they are not getting paid for their work, like it was usual in the Fifties of post-war Germany. While Dr. Danwitz' wife Edith (Marianne Koch) is working part- time as a model to bring home some money, Dr. Hauser has to drive a taxi at night for his living. When Edith' superior Mrs. Hambach (Heidemarie Hatheyer) finds out that she is pregnant, she doesn't want to have the child, because her husband is stepping out on her for so many times. After all Edith finds out that she is pregnant herself and she tells Mrs. Hambach that she can't go on working as a model, although there won't be any income for the Danwitzes anymore. Mrs. Hambach, very desperate, takes the chance and offers Dr. Danwitz and Dr. Hauser a very large amount of money for giving her an illegal abortion. But then something terrible happens.
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