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A junior prospector describes a survey expedition to the asteroid Mauritia under the bullying Captain Braun. Braun’s admiration for Hitler and claims about his ancestry unsettle the crew. When he becomes convinced that an unseen visitor has entered their ship, the expedition takes a frightening turn.
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Adele accepts a canoe outing with David, a reserved young man whom other students call the Monk. She approaches their time together as a flirtation, while he takes their growing intimacy seriously. As they move upriver, the difference between their expectations turns an apparently carefree afternoon into an uncomfortable encounter.
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Anthropologist Sam Sarno and his pregnant wife Sally spend six months on Altair 3 studying its inhabitants. The aliens paint elaborate pictures but seem to ignore every human attempt at contact. As supplies become a problem and frustration grows, Sam must reconsider what he understands about their behavior.
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Store clerk Sheldon Thorpe spends his days in a basement stockroom with Red, a younger colleague who dreams of becoming an artist. Red's plans stir Sheldon's own desire to escape a life of duty and routine. A possible promotion and his wife's expectations make him question whether the security he has worked for is worth staying.
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Emil Carraway has devoted his life to finding a way to live forever. When science and years of study fail to satisfy him, he turns to vampire lore and travels to a ruined castle in Transylvania. He arrives convinced that an encounter with its occupant will finally provide the immortality he has pursued.
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Gregor Samsa erwacht eines Morgens als ungeheures Ungeziefer. Bisher hat er mit seiner Arbeit die Familie ernährt, nun kann er sein Zimmer kaum verlassen. Während seine Schwester ihn zunächst versorgt, verändern Angst und Geldsorgen das Zusammenleben mit den Eltern.
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A Hollywood technical director hires physicist Paul Conrad to help develop a film system that gives men and women different views of the same story. The invention brings Paul attention and draws him toward starlet Gloria Breen. For the man who recruited him, professional success becomes entangled with jealousy and personal ambition.
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With her youngest son away at war, Mary sits in his empty room and wonders what remains of the years she has devoted to her family. Farm work and resentment have worn down her relationship with her husband. A visit from her daughter Alice brings another generation into a household struggling with absence and change.
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Dr. Reed Fassin visits a mountain town where a healer uses wax figures and ritual to treat patients. Convinced that the practice exploits their suffering, he challenges the healer and the gathered crowd. His intervention draws him into a conflict that tests his certainty about belief, suggestion and physical harm.
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A fisherman tests his homemade fish-spotting device on the Rogue River and hooks a steelhead that speaks through his earphones. The catch argues with him, criticizes his technique and proposes a bargain. What began as an ordinary fishing trip becomes a contest of persuasion between a stubborn angler and his equally stubborn prey.
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A New York salesman steps into Ganymede House, a shop whose unusual merchandise appears to come from another world. He chooses a salt cellar as a present for his wife, only to find that it behaves in ways no household object should. When he tries to return to the shop, locating it becomes a puzzle of its own.
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Constance Sprague's engagement to Lynn Holt draws her into a family intent on preserving its reputation. When her widowed mother's friendship with John Barse becomes a subject of gossip, Constance faces demands that test both her loyalty and her love. The story examines what happens when a marriage is expected to satisfy an entire family.
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Shirley Mason hopes to build a marriage with Kent while continuing her work in interior decoration. His flirtations and the traces of another woman make her question the trust their life together requires. A mocking stage performance sharpens her doubts about what a wife is expected to accept.
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Jessie Dealey is nursing a dying woman when she becomes involved with Robert Walsh, a married farmer. A visit to his pregnant wife forces her to confront the promises he has made and the different futures the two women fear. Their encounter exposes the strain his conduct places on both their lives.
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Traveling salesman Connor arrives in Springfield late at night and asks where he can get a quiet meal. A hotel clerk sends him to a small restaurant known for serving customers with special diets. An unpleasant steak and an increasingly strange conversation make Connor suspect that the staff have mistaken him for someone else.
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