A young and beautiful concert pianist has lost her ability to perform, is emotionally fraught and close to collapse. A gifted young psychiatrist takes up her case and becomes determined to unravel the secrets that have brought her to this point, a task that will involve her brooding guardian, a man who treats the young woman with an aggressive contempt for which there seems no justification. The Seventh Veil is a deliciously dark tale of desire and repression, dripping in atmosphere and intensely performed by the three leads, in particular James Mason.