A bank robbery. A tempted cop. Confrontation between robber and cop. I won't give more from the plot away. It's thrilling and realistic - and the less you know, the more you are surprised.
One of the craft returns to Earth, however, landing in a Mexican desert. The crew has evidence of life on other planets, but they are unable to cope with the hardships of the desert. The five space travelers are driven insane by thirst, start murdering one another, and engage in cannibalism until only one man is left. Completely mad, he stumbles into a Mexican village. Prochnow...
成功的小说作家杰克尔博士被最近创作的一个叫做海德的小说虚构人物搞得心神不宁。一天他从一场超现实的梦中醒过来时，发现自己的阴茎被海德取走了，只留下一个可怕的洞；原来这只是一场探讨男人惧怕丧失力量、身份和青春的心理历程的开端……
年轻美丽的西德女孩卡塔琳娜布鲁姆（Angela Winkler 饰）有段失败的婚姻，她偶然在亲戚家的晚会上邂逅英军男子路德维希戈顿（Jürgen Prochnow 饰），两人一见钟情，并共度浪漫的一夜。然第二天一早，军警破门而入，四处搜查，戈顿已不见踪影。原来戈顿系警方通缉的抢劫犯，卡塔琳娜被作为同犯逮捕。
警方的搜捕轰动一时，《图片报》记者托特盖斯（Dieter Laser 饰）四处打探消息，搜集卡塔琳娜的隐私。他将搜集到的素材提供给警长拜茨迈纳（Mario Adorf 饰），警长再将这些作为证据，对卡塔琳娜进行严刑拷问。原本生活平静的卡塔琳娜一瞬间跌至谷底……
本片改编德国著名作家，诺贝尔文学奖获得者海因里希伯尔的同名小说。
