捷克著名导演Frantisek Vlácil的最后一部影片。
Czech director Frantisek Vlacil was best known for his 1965 feature Marketa Lazarova, which in 1998 was named the greatest Czech film of all time in a poll of critics and filmmakers. Born in 1924, Vlacil began his career in
Elie, a young woman from the city, has come to a remote North Atlantic island. It's the spring thaw, and she is here to convalesce and get to know the community. The annual seal hunt is in full swing, and Elie feels both drawn to and repelled
曾经是一名警察的汉斯（汉斯·希尔斯缪勒 Hans Hirschmüller 饰）因为被妓女诬陷而丢掉了工作，为了糊口，心怀大志的他不得不成为了一名水果小贩。汉斯无法取得心爱姑娘的父母的信任和赏识，已经到了成家年龄的他最终娶了名叫伊尔姆加特（伊尔姆·海尔曼 Irm Her mann 饰）的女人。
自打结婚后，汉斯的人生正式走上的下坡路，伊尔姆加特的粗暴和无礼为汉斯的不如意雪上加霜。汉斯得了心脏病，在住院期间，独守空房的伊尔姆加特耐不住寂寞，和邻居安策尔（Karl Scheydt 饰）之间发生了不道德的关系。
