A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. He gathers in his old unit, most of whom are no longer in top form. One is having nightmares of past indiscretions, another is now drinking, another has lost his nerve. He takes them in captures the leader, but then is unable to make it to the pick up. He encounters a rebel patrol and is trapped unle...

A tale of cheating in both love and business.

Originally planned as the third entry in the Der Hund von Baskerville series, it was reworked into a stand alone film before release.