Nobel Prize winner Abel Znorko lives on a secluded island on the coast of northern Norway. In an interview with him, journalist Erik Larsen questions the personal background to the writer's last publication: a book consisting solely of letters - correspondence between two lovers over many years. Through pointed dialog and surprising twists and turns, layer by layer a truth comes to light that neither of the two men expected...

ENIGMA is a co-production with ARD Degeto and Bayerischer Rundfunk. It is based on the drama "Variations Enigmatiques" by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, which Schlöndorff had previously staged at the Renaissance Theater in Berlin with the same cast