这是一部讲述智利诗人聂鲁达被迫政治逃亡的故事。在逃亡中,聂鲁达写下了他最重要的一部作品【慢歌】。
In small czech town named Jilemnice live unfortunate, but brave and jovial woman Štěpa Kiliánová, whose only desire was to fill the void in her virgin life. In despair and excessive trust, she married a sardonic, reclusive man, former lieutenant and gambler Pavel Malina, whose only wish was finally found peace and forgetting the past. They lived through unrequited love, dislike and disappointment. But no one knew that her groom begin to show signs of cerebral disease, which in the coming years engulf his sanity.
以洛科为首的一伙赏金猎人疯狂抓捕躲藏在美国犹他州utahn镇大雪山中的不法之徒。葆琳的丈夫成了洛科的最新受害者。于是她租来枪手“寂静”为丈夫复仇。“寂静”孩子的时候父母惨遭杀害,他还被割喉,所以他是一个哑巴枪手。
一辆囚车上的黑人卡尔林与一个白人杰克逊,被铁链锁在一起。在逃亡过程中,虽然白人杰克逊瞧不起黑人,处处为难卡尔林,但卡尔林不计前嫌帮助伙伴逃跑,且恢复了已经丧失的优良品德和对他人的爱。这是一部反对种族歧视的优秀作品,在第31届(1958)奥斯卡评选中获得最佳摄影金像奖和最佳创作剧本金像奖,在1958年第8届西柏林国际电影节上获男演员奖。