Skoda is the son of a wealthy, overbearing banker and rather than put up with his father to keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the relationship and drive a taxi for a living. The film follows Skoda on his nightly rides through the city, and though different characters come and go, Skoda meets a kindred spirit in the form of a teenage woman who finds her own home life equally difficult to shoulder. The two young people are gradually attracted to each other, and they end up one night in Skoda's room together. At that moment, the older woman that Skoda had been involved with opens the door and discovers his infidelity. Skoda is living in her house and driving the taxi she gave him -- her commitment was abundantly clear from the beginning. Pushed over the edge, the older woman commits suicide -- and Skoda is blamed for her death by her ex-husband. He swears to avenge her, and the hunt for Skoda begins.
Después de haber engendrado un hijo ilegítimo con su amante, Marie, el soldado infeliz Franz Woyzeck toma trabajos ocasionales en su pequeño pueblo para proporcionarles dinero extra. Uno de ellos es voluntario para experimentos realizados por un médico local, que pone a Woyzeck en una dieta de guisantes. Esto sirve para llevarlo a la locura, y el descubrimiento de que Marie está involucrada en un romance con el tambor local mayor exacerba la situación. Empujado demasiado lejos, Woyzeck recurre a la violencia.
El marchante americano Tom Ripley (Hopper) intenta poner a prueba la integridad de Jonatham Zimmermann, un humilde fabricante de marcos (Bruno Ganz) que padece una enfermedad terminal. Ripley le presenta a un gánster que le ofrece mucho dinero a cambio de que trabaje para él como asesino a sueldo. En un principio rechaza la oferta, pero, al pensar en el precario futuro que espera a su mujer y a su hijo después de su muerte, acaba aceptando el trato.
Collage of dramatic scenes, some exaggerated to comic effect, with asynchronous sound from well known classic, operatic, and rock and roll music – with different approaches to love, suffering, and death.
