Jancsi Oláh is in the transitional phase between adolescence and adultness. He is born in 1938, and is now getting his first employment as an electronic engineer. On some TV-screens he happens to see a young lawyer, éva Halk, who arrests his attention. In his imagination she is the most interesting woman he ever saw. Jansci is part of a closely knit gang of young engineers. The...
故事发生在十九世纪末，富家子弟伊格纳茨（拉尔夫·费因斯 Ralph Fiennes 饰）爱上了表亲薇勒瑞（詹妮弗·艾莉 Jennifer Ehle 饰），并且不顾家人的反对娶其为妻，甚至为了仕途而抛弃了家族的姓氏，彻底和亲人决裂。最终，伊格纳茨勃勃的野心不仅伤害 了薇勒瑞，亦让他自己疲惫不堪。 亚当（Sándor Szakácsi 饰）是伊格纳茨的小儿子，面对前程，他做出了和父亲相同的选择，然而，纳粹分子对犹太人的仇恨彻底粉粹了他对未来的幻想和希望。亚当的儿子伊万（马克·斯特朗 Mark Strong 饰）幸运的成为了那场惨无人道的屠杀中的幸存者，可是，仇恨和厌世冲昏了他的头脑，使得他冲动的投入到了社会主义运动之中去。
