Set in 1960, the story follows the efforts of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, to find former Schutzstaffel Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who Ratlines (World War II aftermath) for Argentina and took the name Ricardo Klement. He was wanted for the mass murder of both Jews and Gentile in Europe during the Holocaust. Learning of Eichmann's living in Argentina, the Mossad sends a team to capture him, led by agent Peter Malkin. The standing order is to bring Eichmann back alive to Israel for trial.