卡洛斯是个自从妻子去世以后就再也离不开家也再也写不出什么东西的犯罪小说家。出版社派了一个助手去他家帮助他写作。卡洛斯将她幻想成自己的亡妻,不想让这第二次爱情的机会溜走,他决定不惜付出一切代价把她留在自己身边,而她一次又一次试图逃脱。。To Max Ophüls this was an assignment (from the UFA), a pure routine job. One hardly recognizes the later Ophüls in this film (shortly made before his masterpiece "Liebelei"), but still Ophüls made this routine job into a well-paced, stylish and sometimes extremely funny romantic comedy| he probably could not do it any other way. The script is fine with some hilarious dialogue. ...。在一个远离城市喧嚣的寂静所在,迷离中央的木屋中,居住着美丽的聋哑女作家麦蒂·杨(凯特·西格尔 Kate Siegel 饰)。她的世界寂静无声,而在写作时心底又会有个声音充满她那静谧的内心世界。当此时的写作陷入僵局时,麦蒂起身去厨房收拾餐具,就在此时不久前才刚见过的好友莎拉(Samantha Sloyan 饰)残忍杀害。可惜任凭莎拉百般呼救,却无法引起麦迪的注意。一无所知的麦蒂回到电脑前继续工作,而那个男人则悄悄潜入室内。这时麦蒂突然收到从自己的手机上发来的短信,里面则是蒙面男子用手机拍下来的照片。
当这个女子意识到危险降临之际,她已成为任凭猎人玩弄的笼中之鸟……。