Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
当一位机器人专家将丧子之痛倾注于打造"罗宾"——一个功能完备的机器人时，接连发生的恐怖事件逐渐揭示：这个机械造物正用尽手段，不允许创造者对其他人存有情感，试图独占创造者的全部。
妻子为何横刀伸向病榻中的丈夫？这个世界上除了自杀，还有没有一种能让自己杀了自己的可能性？不经意间打死的的蜘蛛，为何也能让自己丧命？无知少女崇拜美女老师，竟然要求老师用屁熏死自己。
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十七岁的玛利亚（瓦莲京娜·季托娃 Valentina Titova 饰）是衔着金汤匙出生的千金小姐，从小过着养尊处优的富足生活。这样的她，偏偏爱上了一穷二白的青年弗拉基米尔（奥列格·维多夫 Oleg Vidov 饰），这段门不当户不对的恋情自然收到了玛利亚家人的强烈反对，可这对恋人的真爱战胜了一切，他们决定私奔。 哪知道在私奔当夜，当地下起了暴风雪，到处都是白茫茫的一片，在恶劣的天气中，弗拉基米尔迷路了。当他最终到达了和玛利亚约定的汇合地点时，已经是第二天早上了，那里早已经不见了心上人的踪影。伤心的弗拉基米尔加入了部队，并且最终在战场上结束了短暂的一生。
