 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1944, Hannibal Lecter ane makore masere okukura anogara muLecter Castle muLithuania. Kupinda kweGermanyKukundwa kweSoviet Union kunochinja nharaunda yeBaltic kuva rutivi rwomutsetse wapamberi une ropa zvikurusa weHondo yeNyika II. Lecter, munununa wake Mischa, nevabereki vavo vanoenda kuimba yemhuri yokuvhimisa iri musango kunzvenga mauto eGermany ari kuuya. Pashure pamakore matatu, vaNazi pakupedzisira vanodzingwa munyika dzichakurumidza kutorwazve neSoviet Union. Zvisinei, pavanenge vachidzokera shure, vanoparadza tangi reSoviet rakanga ramira padzimba dzemhuri yaLecter richitsvaka mvura. Kuputika kwacho kunouraya munhu ari wose kunze kwaLecter naMisha. Vanopukunyuka muimba duku kusvikira vashanu vaichimbova varwi veLithuania, vachitungamirirwa nomubatsiri weNazi anonzi Vladis Grutas, vapinda ndokupamba imba yacho. Vasingawani zvimwe zvokudya muchando cheBaltic chinotyisa, varume vacho vanotarira Lecter naMisha vachityisidzira. 