Ella is a taxi driver in Berlin, Germany. One day, she meets Aleksej, a young Russian man who offers her 100,000 Deutsche Marks in exchange for marrying him formally. Ella takes some time to consider the offer, but when she finally decides to accept, it is too late. Unknown to Ella, Aleksej stole the money from his brother Jewjenij, the crown prince of the Moscow Mafia. Jewjenij does not take kindly to losing anything.