故事写的是在一个临海的小渔村,一个老妇人被病魔夺去了生命。这一来,原本非常平静的小渔村立刻起了变化,汇拢来的女眷们簇拥着遗体,毫无忌惮地放声痛哭。不久,吊唁的客人和村民纷纷沓至。亡人是个著名作家的母亲,所以也惊动了中央及地方的要员。时光流逝,夜入三更,人们举杯落盏之余,有的已是横躺竖卧,烂醉如泥。但也有人或醉心赌牌,或大嚷大叫,或出拳动手打骂起来。丧家乱哄哄的,一片狼藉。天亮了,送葬的时刻到了。人们抬着棺舆,排着队列,唱着挽歌,向墓地进发。下葬结束后,回到丧家的人们,将死者的遗像安放在灵堂,最后照纪念照。大家神情凝重,照相人的一句玩笑,才把大家逗得笑了起来。活动结束了,小小的渔村又恢复了往日的平静。
明代皂室的密室,内阁大学士取出先帝钦命摄政王的遗诏,准备在文武大臣中当众宣布,揭晓五位皇叔巾谁被钦定为摄政王。突然,一蒙面怪客骤至,刺死大学士,夺走遗诏。京城总捕头铁中杰追捕时破毒箭射中,临死前告诉弟弟铁中英,这是丹顶红毒。铁中英奉命侦破此案。文武双全、有希望成为摄政王的济州王在狩猎时,被不知从何而来的毒箭射死,用的毒又是丹顶红。好色的汝南王在一次寻花问柳中,亦被毒箭所害,川的毒仍是丹顶红。端州王则认为这是与王爷们有杀父之仇的韩氏三姐妹所为,遂派兵捣毁了她们的山寨白马山庄,并抓了大姐飞云。依云、彩云前去劫狱,遭到埋伏,危急之时,幸得蒙面怿律所救。依云姐妹得知飞云被害,决意报仇。刺杀端州王。行刺时,铁中英赶到,发现刺客竟是他少时青梅竹马的彩云,而死的王爷不是端州王,却是洛阳王。五位王爷只剩下长沙王和端州王了,主凶究竟是谁?案情扑朔迷离。铁中英经初步推测下一个被杀的将是长沙王,于是决意看个究竟。果然,在一个夜晚,蒙面客领着依云、彩云潜入长沙王府,铁中英上|即挥剑直扑蒙面怪客,并刺中蒙面怪客右臂,使之落荒而去。而韩氏姐妹却遭埋伏,依云惨死在乱箭之下,铁中英救出彩云。在洛阳王被射死处,铁巾英找到一个盛丹顶红的瓷瓶,底部印着长沙王府字样。铁中英再探长沙王府,失手被擒,但终越狱逃脱。在彩云的配合下,铁中英几经与长沙F、端州王及蒙面怪客等一伙人斗智斗勇,最后发现蒙面怪客是端州王的总管周峰。铁中英怒杀了毒死三位王爷的真凶长沙王,然而,得到摄政王位的端州王又在进行新的刚谋。铁中英毅然辞官。携彩云浪迹天涯。
三年前,他因为没能逮捕一名神秘连环杀手而离职求去。现在,一桩新的伦敦命案则驱使这名警探重出江湖,挺身缉凶。
Mari (Marina Vlady) runs a boardinghouse for girls who are in trouble, and Juli (Lili Monori) is a young married woman who is fleeing her passionate marriage with an uncontrollable alcoholic. She has brought her young daughter along with her. Though this is not allowed under the house rules, Mari makes an exception for Juli. Both women are desperately unfulfilled - Mari has a narrow-minded and passionless man for a husband, and Juli still loves her husband, whom she recognizes as a person she cannot continue living with. The two turn to each other for comfort, and each woman gains necessary insights into her own life in seeing the other's struggles. This sober movie by feminist director Marta Meszaros was not a rousing box-office success.