Schell and Vallone play two Polish brothers who escape from a Soviet labor camp and try to join the Polish Army, which is in exile across the border in Afghanistan. While they await the arrival of a smuggler who will take them across the border, the brothers rent a room in the home of Rey
and his gorgeous wife, Papas. Trouble starts when Schell falls in love with Papas and Vallone falls for Perschy, a waitress. Paranoia sets in under the watchful eye of the Russian secret police, and Schell panics when the night blindness he developed while in prison worsens. The day they are to
escape, Vallone is stricken with typhus and needs adrenalin to survive. Unable to trave...
Released:
1968
Rated:
NR
Length:
104 mins