Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, an honest local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and wants to sell them to the Americans. However before he can do so, Vera tries to kill him, after an argument about getting her parents out of Liquidatzia.　

谷歌翻譯：阿特卡NATAS是從Liquidatzia壓迫政權的秘密特工。他訪問他分居的妻子薇拉，壹個化學家，他是壹群流亡者試圖走私Liquidatzia自己的同胞參與。 Almkvist，壹個誠實的當地警察和維拉的前情人，她接觸，同時調查難民死亡。 NATAS已在東道國的經營代理名單，並希望出售給美國人。不過，之前他可以這樣做，維拉試圖殺死他，後壹個參數的Liquidatzia她的父母。