- 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.
- 玛丽(汉娜·许古拉 Hanna Schygulla 饰)爱上了名叫埃里希的男人,可是埃里希眼里只有钱。为了能够赚钱,埃里希甚至怂恿玛丽去做妓女。保尔(Rudolf Waldemar Brem 饰)和海尔共度了浪漫的一夜,可是保尔只将它当做是交易罢了,然而海尔怀孕了,被逼无奈的保尔只得和海尔结婚。 罗西(埃尔加·索尔巴斯 Elga Sorbas 饰)渴望成为一名演员,可如今她离自己的梦想依然十分遥远,为了维生,罗西还要出卖自己的肉体,来换取微薄的金钱。这些人都住在伊丽莎白(伊尔姆·海尔曼 Irm Hermann 饰)的房子里,伊丽莎白是一个冷酷无情的女人。这一天,伊丽莎白的屋子里来了一个名叫岳格思(赖纳·维尔纳·法斯宾德 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 饰)的希腊人,他的到来打破了在此处维系的微妙的平衡。