" They acquired submachine guns, ammunition, a Geiger counter, pistols, and other supplies.They approached the desolate, silent, dead and ruined city, described solemnly by Virgil as "like a storm at sea, but solidified," with twisted, melted and charred wreckage.In the suite, they stash the suitcase in the large vault in the room.A Russian exiled waiter, Count Alexis Rakonin (Gregory Gaye), who is preparing the room""s breakfast table, overhears Iranoff""s phone conversation with a Parisian jeweler named Mercier (Edwin Maxwell).Plot SynopsisIn the prologue before the film begins and pre-title credits play, a scratchy car radio (on the soundtrack) plays the romantic song: "If I Didn""t Care," performed by the Inkspots:If I didn""t care, more than words can say,If I didn""t care, would I feel this way,If this isn""t love, then why do I thrillAnd what makes my head go round and roundWhile my heart stands still.The driver swerves to avoid the apparition while applying his screeching brakes.His tires squeal as he pulls sharply off the road into a swirling cloud of dust and barely misses running her down.