Three nuclear warheads, the ultimate weapon for terror, blackmailing and mass destruction, are on their way to their final destination in North Africa. Two journalists, Tom Severin and his wife Eva, together with Sharon, weapon dealer Kaltenbach’s daughter, try to stop the deadly cargo.
The norms of hospital practices are turned upside-down in this complex drama about how many rights are denied patients who do not conform. At the beginning of the story, a man is found lying on the side of the road and is brought in to the police station as a probable vagrant, but he has no memory and seems to have lost his powers of speech. Perplexed and defeated by their unsuccessful attempts to make him talk, the police send the man over to the hospital for examination by psychiatrists. After some time, it becomes apparent that he understands everything going on around him and is simply refusing to talk. This sets off a series of antagonistic actions on the part of the hospital staff, suspicious about his "purpose" in remaining silent. Although some explanation is discovered as to why he is this way, the supposedly sane doctors and staff come off looking like they may need treatment themselves.
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Alex (Art Garfunkel) es un psicoanalista y profesor universitario norteamericano en Viena. Allí conoce y se enamora de Milena (Theresa Russell), una hermosa joven, también norteamericana, con quien inicia una apasionada relación. Pero Milena no desea sentirse atada a un solo hombre, y sus infidelidades van en aumento a la vez que crece en Alex un sentimiento posesivo por la joven. Meses después, en el hospital, Milena se debate entre la vida y la muerte por una sobredosis de barbitúricos. El inspector Netusil (Harvey Keitel) interroga a Alex para averiguar si se trata de un intento de suicidio o algo más siniestro...
