介绍：Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...

介绍：故事发生在意大利的一个小镇之中，指挥官洛伦索（Peter Lühr 饰）的女儿马奎斯（埃迪特·克莱韦 Edith Clever 饰）带着女儿守寡多年，在危难之际得到了伯爵列特里特（布鲁诺·甘茨 Bruno Ganz 饰）的出手相救，才得以幸免于难，马奎斯对伯爵生出了一丝好感，然而，第二天，伯爵便跟随着军队离开了小镇　　没过多久，马奎斯发现自己的身上竟然出现了怀孕的迹象，没有人知道孩子的父亲是谁，就连她自己也不知道。马奎斯的未婚先孕让她成为了小镇里的笑柄，遭到了父亲的唾弃和驱逐。无奈之下，马奎斯只得登报寻找孩子的父亲，让她没有想到的是，前来之人竟然正是伯爵。无法接受此事的马奎斯拒绝了伯爵的求婚。