故事發生在未來的英國極權社會，描述一名年輕女子艾薇被一名被稱為"V怪客"的蒙面男子救了一命。V怪客不但博學多聞、出口成章，而且武藝高強、溫柔敏感，他打算發起一場革命，推翻極權專制的政府，解放千千萬萬受迫害的人民。但是他也是一個孤獨寂寞，充滿了內心掙扎，一心想要為自己受到的痛苦復仇的複雜人物。 他為了拯救受苦受難的英國同胞，並推翻貪污腐敗、暴虐無道的極權政府，挺身而出公開譴責政府實施的暴政，並呼籲全國同胞在11月5日那天和他一起效法十七世紀革命先烈蓋福克斯的精神，發起一場驚天動地的革命。蓋福克斯曾於1605年11月5日企圖用威力強大的火藥把英國國會大廈炸毀，但是他卻在引爆火藥之前不幸遭到逮捕，並被當時的英王詹姆士一世下令吊死，而他和同黨的偉大理想也未能實現。V怪客秉持這位革命先烈的精神，發誓要完成他的壯舉，將國會大廈炸得粉碎。艾薇在逐漸揭開V怪客神秘背景的同時，也發現有關自己的真相，她最後和V怪客攜手合作，一起為飽受迫害的人民爭取正義和自由...

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.