故事根据真实事件改编，讲述二战期间，米尔德里德·吉拉尔(梅多·威廉姆斯饰)无意间成为了针对美国军队的德国宣传人员。“轴心莎莉”为米尔德里德·吉拉尔的昵称。1949年，在战后柏林被捕后，她被美国定罪为叛国罪，阿尔·帕西诺饰演轴心莎莉的律师，为其辩护。

"The film takes place during the German occupation of Denmark in a provincial town in the summer of 1943. Kirsten falls in love with a German soldier from the occupying authorities. She slowly becomes entangled by her own feelings and. when it dawns on her that he German is the "enemy" and her love "…

A fugitive, an empty house, a rotting corpse. The journey begins. Cameron Matthews, a petty criminal and fugitive from the law, hides from police by taking shelter in an old dilapidated house in the middle of the city. There he discovers the rotting corpse of Bart Giordano, the owner of the house, whose death has gone …

About a Jewish family still struggling with the Holocaust past. Last part of a trilogy, together with "Leedvermaak" (1989) and "Qui vive" (2001).