120, Rue de la Gare plot
The film opens in a German prison camp where French prisoners of war are brought together to await the end of their lives or the war. One of them is Nestor Bruma, a French detective at the head of the Fiat Lux bureau. Another man is someone who no longer knows his name and where he lives. For dexterity he is known by everyone as Glimmerik or no. 60202. One evening Glimmerik is in hospital with a severe fever. Nestor, who has a job as a cleaner, is with Glimmerik when he dies. Just before the mystery man dies, he grabs Nestor and yells '120, rue de la gare!', an address.