In wi([\)nter. of? 1938, Paris %;is^# cr)_owd ed.\.` -with r(efugee)s \\from the N#*azis, who ::live@ in the -(black sh`*ad*ows of nigh.:t, tryin^g to  *[ev?ade deport, ation. One suc\)h ;/is Dr. ^Ravi`@c, who/ p-+r.;a^=ctices medicine illegally an`+:d stalks his o`@ld Na#$zi enemy Haake [ with -#:murder in min[!d. 
One rainy n\=]ight, [*Ravic )(meets J)oan Ma#d`?^/ou, a k+@*ept woman cast adrift b]/y her lov!\*er's sudden + de`ath. Against Ravic's bet?ter judg%ement, they bec=ome involved in a doomed,_ af]^$;!fai`r; matters %come to a/* c-.risis!`` on the day wa^/r is dec/_ lared.