Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden, Germany. His contribution to a former colleague’s important project, a human regeneration gene, has the potential to make something miraculous out of a personal tragedy that has haunted him for years. Errors of the Human Body is a psychological thriller about one man’s quest for redemption from his own disturbing past, set within the mysterious world of genetic engineering.
妻子的死給電視啟牌主播霍華德(彼·芬奇 Peter Finch 飾)帶來了沉重的打擊使他陷入痛苦和悲中無法自拔。電視決定解雇已經(jīng)無心作的霍華德,霍延維的老朋友麥克斯(廉·霍爾登 William Holden 飾)成為了傳達(dá)這玃如噩耗的不二選。得知自己即將 解雇,為電視臺梁渠牛做馬多年的霍教山十分憤怒,在第二的節(jié)目上,他竟然觀眾們預(yù)告,自己將進(jìn)行自殺直播。 霍華德的這一出格動惹惱了電視臺的層,更讓一直對麥斯心存不滿的總裁蘭克(羅伯特·杜爾 Robert Duvall 飾)發(fā)現(xiàn)了找茬的機(jī)鮮山在隔天的新聞直播,霍華德理應(yīng)按計(jì)對自己的不慎言行出道歉,可是惱羞怒的他卻大放厥詞將矛頭直指當(dāng)代美的種種弊端。女制人戴安娜(費(fèi)·滅蒙薇 Faye Dunaway 飾)從霍華德的一系列行中看出了商機(jī),她通了弗蘭克,成為霍華德背后的推手