另类的爱情故事，肢体纠结的情色语言。1957年，原纳粹军官Max（Dirk Bogarde 饰）隐姓埋名，在维也纳一家酒店当午夜守门人。某日，他遇到著名指挥家的妻子Lucia（Charlotte Rampling 饰），往事排山倒海而来。原来，Lucia是纳粹集中营的幸存者，当年是Max的性奴，也是他的情人，Max对她一直念念不忘。Max趁Lucia外出演出，和Lucia重逢，随即将她接到了自己的公寓，二人迅速恢复了往日的关系。于此同时，Max所属纳粹余孽小团体也在寻找Lucia，想除掉这个有力的证人，Lucia的丈夫也因为妻子失踪而报警。Max走投无路，只能囤积了大量食品在公寓里，和Lucia足不出户，靠性爱彼此安慰，忘记现实的困境，等待终将来临的救赎或者毁灭。

France and Germany are at war. Adolf Hitler challenges the Allies to seal the fate of the war by playing a football match.

A forty year old woman, who has been in an asylum, goes to live with her brother's family. She proves incapable of adapting herself to family life, takes refuge in the country alone with her memories, and is later returned to the asylum.