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- Presents two distinct plot lines until the two eventually merge: the first is that of the bored middle-aged man seeking a departure from monotony in his life; the second is that of the blind man and the little boy, his grandson, who are interdependent. None of the characters have been given names and are therefore referred to only by description. The city is an expressionistic nightmare, a dangerous and chaotic place.
- A Chinese opium dealer takes revenge on Westerners who have corrupted his wife.
- While a Russian refugee girl attempts to get work in Constantinople to support herself and her grandfather, a Turkish Bey attempts to make her his mistress.
- How could the son of a graduate historian and a secretary, who liked to adorn himself with fast cars, fake eyelashes and expensive clothes, who wanted to become an artist, journalist or film director, become the "public enemy No. 1"?
- During a fancy masquerade, Hella Swendsen finds out that her fiancé is the son of a woman who died of alcohol problems and at the same time he breaks up his engagement. Later during the party, she meets the man who considers himself guilty of the woman's death. This man tells her the tragic story of her life.
- melodramatic survey of human life seen through the eyes of a horse.
- After the revelation that Georg has seduced her, Maria is driven away by her father. Georg, fearing the wrath of Maria's father, has swiftly abandoned the girl and left for the mining town of Sankt Anton, where he expects to hide easily amongst the large population of colliers. Maria must care for herself, and ends up in Sankt Anton, where she attempts to rebuild her life. There, she gets to know Thomas, and soon the young people are engaged. When Georg and Maria meet again, drama ensues.
- Attorney General Trevor's second wife is found stabbed to death in his safe. Due to a ring with the initials DG, which is also found in the safe, the suspicion initially falls on Donald Gordon, the fiancé of Trevor's daughter.
- An American millionaire and his daughter Nella are staying at the supremely exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel. When Nella asks for a steak and Bass beer for dinner the order is refused. To get her what she wants her father buys the entire hotel, for £400,000 "and a guinea". Now strange things begin to occur at the hotel.