A group of Czech artists choose to ignore the realities of Nazi occupation in this brooding experimental war drama. When a pretty female refugee comes to town seeking help, she awakens the sexual desires of all the men, but the only one who helps her is a sympathetic sculptor. When she is allegedly killed, the man sends the artists who refused to aid the woman death masks of the victim. All later conclude that the woman was not mortal.

一天清晨某村庄的沟壕里出现了一具僵死的女尸。在警察的调查下，死者莫娜（桑德里娜•伯奈尔 饰）的流浪岁月由此被揭开。她身背大包四处露营，与落魄的流浪汉同居在一处房子里

艾丽（克劳黛·考尔白 饰）有一个显赫有钱的家庭，这恰恰成为她感情不如意的根源——父亲不赞成她和飞机师卫斯理结婚。艾丽一气之下离家出走，前去找卫斯理，不料途中钱财遭抢。遇上记者沃恩（克拉克·盖博 饰），