Suddenly going back to school, who hasn't woken up from this nightmare? For the teacher Fabian Sorge it becomes reality. Shortly before he became a civil servant, it came out that he forged his high school diploma as a young man.

Ludwig (21) is about to be officially admitted into a German Studentenverbindung. To do so, he must first prove his honour by facing a fellow student in a sword duel. His long-standing friendship with Erik (25), his mentor and dean of the fraternity, is about to be shaken.