It is 1939. Flamboyant Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk has fled to America to escape his recent past. Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and Masaryk is now a man with no nation. In America he tries to forget the personal and political betrayal he and his country have suffered but these events shadow his every step. As the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, Masaryk failed to win the support of the British and could not avert the ruination of his country. With the help of Dr. Stein, an emigre German psychiatrist, and the beautiful writer Marcia Davenport, Masaryk tries to overcome his demons and re-live the dramatic events leading to the outbreak of the second world war.
On a rainy day, Nora and Aron meet in the subway and immediately fall in love with each other. Differently view, the two are only about what brought them together: for Nora it was coincidence, for Aron fate. As the newly in love couple gets into a bank robbery in which Aron is shot and still dies in Nora's arms. Nora is understandably devastated and trying to numb her feelings. Eventually, she lands in the arms of Natan, with whom she spends the night. The strange thing is that although he is a complete stranger, Nora still has the strange feeling of knowing him. In addition, he runs her from now on more often on the way. She does not yet suspect that she really connects something.