UN's The Committee of 19 sends six scientists to investigate a biological outbreak in Africa.

Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works a former German war criminal, Dr. Hass, who is finishing the creation of a deadly chemical gas RH development that he began during World War II, experimenting on POWs. Since Ladeynikov doesn't know Dr. Hass's appearance, Soviet intelligence recruits an actor, Ivan Savushkin, who, during the war, escaped from a prison camp where Hass was testing his gas. Together, they must identify and stop him before he finishes and unleashes his weapon of mass destruction.

赫尔曼是十九世纪初欧美资本主义社会“新兴人类”代表，他文质彬彬、仪表堂堂，却有着摩菲斯特的灵魂。他清高骄傲，从不淑足赌场，心中却对不劳而获抱有极大的狂热。为了获取老伯爵夫人的牌技秘诀，他机关算尽，甚至用爱情作为诱饵，不惜拔枪逼死了老伯爵夫人。机关算尽得了悲剧首场。本片所批判的不仅使这些类唯利是图、不择手段的野心家，也有资本主义社会中冰冷的赤裸裸的金钱关系。 《黑桃皇后》是一部带有荒诞色彩的作品。它描写了青年军官葛尔曼为追寻一赌就赢的秘诀，故意去追求掌握此“秘诀”的伯爵夫人的养女伊万诺夫娜，最后已被葛尔曼吓死的伯爵夫人却神秘出现，将“秘诀”告诉葛，但葛在赌中违反“秘诀”规则，因赌场失意而发疯。