本片根据自传改编，讲50年代初捷克一场清洗运动，主角被诬告犯有叛国罪，他面临着是否应该为了组织利益承担这项莫须有罪名的痛苦。 　　影片的表演非常出色，但对白颇多，而且故事没有情感的升华。作为历史活教材仍有其价值。 　　第28届金球奖(1971)　 电影类-最佳外语片(提名) 　　第24届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖(1971)　 联合国奖(提名)Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London.