哥本哈根的深夜街頭,一宗宗詭異的謀殺案讓市民人心惶惶,根據證人表示,每次謀殺案發生之前,總會聽到奇妙優美的詠歎調歌聲,警方也因此鎖定女歌手為主要嫌犯,直到女伶的魔術師前夫突然出現,一切才開始水落石出…。丹麥首部結合黑色電影與驚悚類型的影片,1944年問世時,掀起了一陣懸疑旋風,《看誰在尖叫》丹麥導演歐波奈戴爾更宣稱受本片影響極深。
A murderer has night-time Copenhagen in his– or is it her – thrall. Each time a strangled victim is found, witnesses describe hearing a strangely high-pitched voice singing a French chanson. Cabaret artist Odette...
Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling...