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.

　　才华横溢的表演艺术家安托尼成功的扮演了许多角色，可是到了老年功成名就的时候却找不到自己，他迷失在黑色的舞台上。他怀疑，猜忌，神经过敏，他在演死亡之吻的时候迷失在奥赛罗的险影里，黑暗中总有一股力量把他推向困惑的边缘。