A Venetian musician at La Fenice theatre is affected by an incurable disease. By chance he meets his ex-wife who is now living with another man. She finally realizes that she is still in love with him.One of the most romantic films ever made and that still bears the pass of time despite some camera cliches of the 70's. Venice at its best is the setting for a poignant story of lovers parting for ever in a day's time. Sensitive and powerfully emotional, but never corny, with Musante and Bolkan as passional as you may wish lovers can be. A wonderful soundtrack and a beautiful cinematography help to make this film be a delight thirty-two years after it was made. Not to be missed.

热闹的嘉年华来到平静沉闷的小镇，两对青年男女：艾米•哈勃（Elizabeth Berridge 饰）、巴兹•克莱蒙特（Cooper Huckabee 饰）、里奇•艾特伯雷（Miles Chapin 饰）和莉兹•杜肯（Largo Woodruff 饰）结伴前来玩耍。长夜将尽，年轻人兴致盎然，不愿离去。莉兹提议彻夜留在欢乐屋内，得到众人一致同意。 然而他们却在这里看见一个身材巨大、戴着科学怪人面具的恐怖杀手（Wayne Doba 饰）。随后他们更惹怒了欢乐屋的主人，一场针对这四个年轻人的杀戮旋即展开……

本片从一个宫廷乐师萨里埃利的角度，为我们呈现了天才莫扎特的一生。萨里埃利（F·莫里·亚伯拉罕 F. Murray Abraham饰）是维也纳音乐界里有名的人物，自视甚高的他自从遇到了莫扎特（汤姆·休斯克 Tom Hulce饰），心里的妒嫉之火便熊熊燃烧不能平息。莫扎特总能以他超乎常人的音乐作品赢得全场惊叹，他的《费加罗的婚礼》等歌剧，都成了传颂千古的经典。 萨里埃利对莫扎特又羡慕又嫉恨的心理已经发展到几乎扭曲的地步。他在莫扎特的事业上一次次的从中作梗——故意缩短歌剧的上演周期，恶意删改莫扎特的作品，在莫扎特承受着丧父之痛时给他无情的精神折磨。贫穷虚弱的莫扎特在生命最后的几年里，写就遗作《安魂曲》，一代大师35岁就与世长辞，留下不朽作品。而萨里埃利，早有等待他的宿命般的结局。