An ambitious scientist faces a moral ordeal when her superior takes an interest in her risky experiments.

Dr Andrea Grothe works in her small laboratory within a large laboratory complex. She has been researching plants for years, but her results are not fully developed. Although she has managed to reanimate plants quickly, this dries out the soil in the long term. When her supervisor Dr Arzinger is asked to carry out an evaluation, she fears losing her promotion and her job. But he is looking for success and ignores all the problems...