A man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still firmly stuck in the victim's chest, and Inspector Perkins strangely finds a glass eye in his jacket pocket. Kurt after that a second, mysterious murder happens: A city-famous dancer of the Las Vegas Girls, who perform at the London Odeon Theater, is poisoned. Is there a connection between the pretty dancer and the hotel guest? Inspector Perkins and his colleagues are pressed for time. The "man with the glass eye" strikes deadly again and again. A first clue leads Scotland Yard to a billiard club, where one has to show a glass eye as an admission ticket.

Oberstudiendirektor Taft steckt in der Bredouille: Der letzte Wille seines Zwillingsbruders besagt, dass das Mommsen-Gymnasium 1 Mio. Mark erhält, jedoch nur unter gewissen Bedingungen. So darf im Jahr der Ausfolgung kein Schüler durchfallen, Taft muss eine Straftat begehen, die ihn drei Wochen hinter Gitter bringt und er muss für ein afrikanisches Pflegekind sorgen.

The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as "The Man" in the end credits) who is menaced by "The Brute" (played by Jean Reno) on his journey through a world filled by people rendered nearly mute by some unknown incident.