A man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still firmly stuck in the victim’s chest, and Inspector Perkins strangely finds a glass eye in his jacket…

After a businessman’s unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.

The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as “The Man” in the end credits)…

Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.

The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.