This international co-production is loosely based on the works of Dostoyevsky (most notably The Eternal Husband) but it is set and lensed in Prague. Musician and incorrigible duellist Milan (
Tim Roth) seduces Teresa (Ana Belen), the wife of his unsuspecting friend Franz (
Peter Firth). Many years later, after Teresa's death, Franz comes to Milan with a little daughter. Milan suspects that Franz knows about his longtime affair with Teresa and that the daughter might be Milan's own. When the girl dies from a grave illness, Milan challenges Franz, but the latter refuses to shoot him at the duel. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide