影片以阿尔及尔为背景,表现一个强盗遭到警察的追捕,只能在阿尔及尔的卡斯巴平民区一带逃窜,躲藏.最后,他企图同他的情人一起逃到巴黎,从此摆脱非人生活，但是,"命运"却使他无法搭船,只得愤而自杀.法国诗意现实主义代表作.

Shavian social satire. Odette is an actress who's now the mistress of a government minister. Her household of cook, maid, and chauffeur needs a valet. On the eve of going with the minister to Deauville, she engages Désir…