In occupied France during the Franco Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors But when a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings
Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lovers jealous ex girlfriend The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage
Among the terrified refugees jamming the roads out of Paris in 1940 are Kitty de Mornay, a rich American divorced from her French husband, and her companion Emmyline Emmy Quayle A German patrol orders their car bac