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　　故事发生在第一次世界大战期间，英国联军和德军之间的战况日渐白热化，每天都有无数的士兵们含恨死去，年仅十六岁的莎士比亚（杰米·贝尔 Jamie Bell 饰）亦参与了这场战争，战场上伤痕累累的惨状给他的心灵蒙上了厚厚的阴影。　　某日，莎士比亚和一干战友们正在进行一项突袭任务，就在大家凝神鼻息偷偷前进之时，一股不知从何而来的神秘烟雾将他们包围。之后，一行人来到了德军的战壕内，然而这里了无生气，有的只是一具具死相及其恐怖的尸体。这里究竟发生了什么？莎士比亚所在的连队继续前进，诡异的事情不断发生，连队中亦不断的有人丧命，莎士比亚隐约觉得，在前方等待着他们的正是地狱的入口。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

 爱尔兰，Redmond Barry(瑞安·奥尼尔 Ryan O'Neal 饰）从小和母亲寄居在舅舅家，后来爱上了他的表姐Nora。Nora的父亲却想把她许配给一个英格兰将军John Quin。于是Barry向Quin提出决斗，决斗中Barry射中了Quin，误以为将他杀 死了，匆忙逃离家乡。路上他遭遇抢劫，走投无路只能加入英国军队。在军队中他才得知，其实Quin并没有死。Barry从英军中出逃，却加入了普鲁士军。战争结束后他成了普鲁士军官Potzdorf的心腹，更让他去监视一个在普鲁士的爱尔兰间谍。Barry却和这个爱尔兰骑士惺惺相惜，爱尔兰骑士带他出入赌场，收获颇丰。Barry觉得自己应该找个有钱的女人，于是盯上了Lyndon爵士的夫人Lady Lyndon。Lyndon爵士病重身亡，一年后，Barry和Lady Lyndon结婚，也成了一名贵族，改名为Barry Lyndon。但Lyndon爵士和Lady Lyndon的儿子Bullingdon却十分不喜欢Barry，Barry也预感到自己的未来将会毁于Bullingdon手中.....