Hendrik van der Zee has been cursed to sail the seas for the murder of his wife. The only way to break the curse is to find a woman willing to die for him. After 300 years in purgatory, Fredrik sails into a Spanish port and encounters the beautiful Pandora, a woman whose elegant wasted life consists of enthralling men and treating them with a diffidence that is easily mistaken for cruelty. As both protagonists fall for each other we are left wondering if Pandora could be the one to secure the find out more...

An upper middle class housewife finds herself being blackmailed by a loan shark, but, fortunately for her, the man he sends, a small-time crook and loner, becomes infatuated with her. This Ophuls film noir classic is rich in suspense, strikingly photographed and features career best performances from Joan Bennett and James Mason.
Based on the story 'The Blank Wall' by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.

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