統治著上帝國度的政治教父去世了，許多小偷打扮成政治家想要接管一切。大家開始討論有關替換「上帝」的問題，只有一個名字浮上檯面：「史蒂芬·尼登巴利」。
John Day is a bank manager and lives with his wife Maria Day. The couple has recently lost their only daughter. Maria is always depressed and never opens up with anyone. One day when John is away for office work, a courier-boy enters the house and takes Maria as a captive, then a series of misfortunes start to happen.
