The C.I.A. discovers a Russian plot to assassinate five defectives on the Christmas Day, but they do not know who they are. The defective Alex Holbeck is recruited in Paris by the C.I.A. and sent to East Berlin to steal the scrambler of the Enigma, the machine used by Soviet intelligence for communication. On arrival, Holbeck discovers that the K.G.B. and the East German govern...。战争结束后过了三年,著名画家小野益次步入老年,他所居住的小镇从战后的废墟逐渐恢复,他在镇上过着安稳的生活。他心爱的女儿和外孙到访,他和熟悉的酒馆老板娘闲谈,他邂逅战前的旧友。就在二女儿开始考虑一门婚事的时候,小野发现了周围人的目光有所转变。他本认为自己是抱着坚强的意志为了国家一直鞠躬尽瘁,为什么现在却非得遭受大家的责难呢?他也渐渐认识到害怕自己曾经的影子是因为自己的软弱…。