We board the Gravy Train in Brussels, nerve centre of the European Community, where our na ve and idealistic hero, Hans Dorfmann (Christoph Waltz) arrives to become assistant to Michael Spearpoint (Ian Richardson) the hard-nosed, insular Director of Information and Culture. Spearpoint plans to exploit the newly-liberated nations of Eastern Europe, and Dorfmann could well be the secret of his success.Meanwhile, the idealistic young German is courted by a number of prominent bureaucrats and entrepreneurs and seduced by the mysterious and glamorous Nadine. Is he being set up? If so, for what?Used and abused by all parties, he clings to his principles and fundamental belief in the basic good of humankind. But can he ride THE GRAVY TRAIN without getting tarnished? THE GRAVY TRAIN is a comic tale of wily bureaucrats and entrepreneurs and the solitary man whose idealistic principles may bring about their downfall.