A promising young surgeon becomes embroiled in a Macbethian intrigue to do down his domineering senior. Morally pinned against a wall, he must decide between the welfare of one of his patients and the welfare of his fellow staff members. Seduced and spurred into action by an attractive instrument nurse, he decides on what he thinks is the lesser evil: he decides to jeopardize the welfare of one of his patients, knowing that his domineering senior will be found responsible for a medical error and loose his coveted job as a result. But the lesser evil turns out to be greater than he thought.
—Jan Zebrowski