1936. A threat hangs over the Berlin Olympic Games.

In Munich, detective Kommissar Saxon is living alone. His wife and son are out of harm's way in Austria, but she is desperate to be reunited with her husband. Saxon is summoned to Berlin to oversee the 'cleansing' of the city streets. But when a subversive calling himself 'The White Knight' threatens Jesse Owens, the US world record runner, Saxon must protect the athletes, while holding the line with an unhappy wife in Austria.