I fremtidens England sidder det totalitære styre solidt på magten. Tilfældigheder bringer den unge uskyldige Evey i hænderne på det frygtede hemmelige politi, så det er heldigt at den maskerede frihedskæmper V. kan befri hende. Den mystiske kappeklædte hævner har nemlig sat sig for at gøre kål på det voldelige styre med alle tilgængelige midler, og inden længe er også Evey dybt involveret i en kamp på liv og død.

During the donations scandal of 1999/2000, Helmut Kohl gave his legendary "word of honor" not to name any donors. This documentary explores the question of what this word of honor was really all about

The Government of the fictional country Norland has unleashed a war with the neighboring Galikania and is suffering one defeat after another. A group of conspirators who were dissatisfied with this state of affairs, led by the Social Democrat Frank Frey arrange a coup to overthrew the emperor of Norland. But the working class does not like the new order either. Workers expose Frank Frey's policy of continuing the war and a revolution breaks out in the country. The leader of the socialist revolution becomes a mechanic of the name Franz Stark.