This is a very bizarre fairy tale. It commences with a wedding and singing and dancing but nearly the whole village is wiped out by wolves. The bride gives birth to a daughter several months later and promises her to the boy who saved her. Ten years later there is another disruption when Some circus folk come by and the villagers trick them into staying. Tragedy ensues... This has a strange cast, dwarfs, giants, priests and occasional intrusions from the modern world in the form of the police and a wonderer who returns bringing to the village the good news of Nostradamus. It is a long film but it honestly does not drag. and if you get bored of the plot you can always look at the sumptuous Countryside.

天真可爱的伊丽莎白（安娜·弗莱尔 Anna Friel 饰）自幼嫁入贵族，肩负着振兴家世的的重任。适时战争不断，匈牙利的土地上未见安宁之地，伊丽莎白的夫家弗伦茨·纳达斯第（文森特·瑞根 Vincent Regan 饰）则在战争中愈加强大。弗伦茨连年征战在外，伊丽莎白则体验着孤独与无聊，她沉湎黑魔法、不伦之爱、蕾丝之情，更成为百姓谈及色变的吸血鬼女伯爵。真相在历史的长河中早已扑朔迷离，真正的伊丽莎白究竟如何无人得知…… 本片根据中世纪匈牙利臭名昭著的“吸血女伯爵”伊丽莎白·巴瑟（Elizabeth Bathory）的故事改编，并荣获2009年捷克金狮奖最佳艺术指导奖。

马戏团演员帕比与士兵倍明朗哥自战场回归后发现他们的家己面目全非，二人于是结伴而行；他们在帕比所偷的脚踏车上发现珠宝，与犹太麦面包师的女儿艾丝特快乐地生活在一起，艾丝特产下一女后，却因帕比所偷的珠宝而被窃贼所杀，帕与倍也因私藏珠宝而下狱……

1914年6月28日上午9时正，奥匈帝国皇太子斐迪南大公参加指挥一次军事演习，演习结束后，塞尔维亚一个秘密组织成员，普林西普向斐迪南夫妇开枪射击，斐迪南夫妇毙命，普林西普被捕。这一事件被称为萨拉热窝事件，被认为是第一次世界大战的导火线。普费弗是一名检察官，他在全力调查这一刺杀事件的幕后主使，幻想阻止大战爆发，眼看真相渐渐清晰的时候，但是第一次世界大战已经迫在眉睫！