故事发生在二十世纪七十年代，赵永远（谢霆锋 饰）和安然（高圆圆 饰）像两朵被风雨吹打的浮萍，相似的身世和不容乐观的境遇将两人紧紧拴在了一起，随着时间的推移，两人之间产生了真挚而又纯洁的友情。
　　一晃眼十几年过去，历史车轮裹挟着赵永远和安然不断前进，原本天各一方的两人再度相遇，彼时的安然已经出落成为了亭亭玉立的美丽少女，儿时的友情转变成为了炙热的爱情，安然和赵永远都坚信，世间没有什么能再次将他们分开，然而，现实却恰恰相反。浩淼天地之间，他们的感情能够始终如一吗？茫茫人海之中，命运又是否会安排他们再度聚首呢？

　　Two differences between this Austrian version and the generally available American version are immediately obvious: they differ both in their length and in the language of the intertitles. The American version is only 1,883 metres long - at 18 frames per second a difference of some 7 minutes to the Austrian version with 2,045 metres. Whereas we originally presumed only a negligible difference, resulting from the varying length of the intertitles, a direct comparison has nevertheless shown that the Austrian version differs from the American version both in the montage and in the duration of individual scenes. Yet how could it happen that the later regional distribution of a canonical US silent film was longer than the "original version"?
　　The prevalent American version of Blind Husbands does not correspond to the version shown at the premiere of 1919. This little-known fact was already published by Richard Koszarski in 1983. The film was re-released by Universal Pictures in 1924, in a version that was 1,365 feet (416 metres) shorter. At 18 frames per second, this amounts to a time difference of 20 minutes! "Titles were altered, snippets of action removed and at least one major scene taken out entirely, where von Steuben and Margaret visit a small local chapel." (Koszarski)
　　From the present state of research we can assume that all the known American copies of the film derive from this shortened re-release version, a copy of which Universal donated to the Museum of Modern Art in 1941. According to Koszarski the original negative of the film was destroyed sometime between 1956 and 1961 and has therefore been irretrievably lost. This information casts an interesting light on the Austrian version, which can be dated to the period between the summer of 1921 and the winter of 1922. Furthermore, the copy is some 200 metres longer than the US version of 1924. If one follows the details given by Richard Koszarski and Arthur Lennig, this means that, as far as both its date and its length are concerned, the Austrian version lies almost exactly in the middle between the (lost) version shown at the premiere and the re-released one.A large part of the additional length of the film can be traced to cuts that were made to the 1924 version in almost every shot. Koszarski describes how the beginning and the end of scenes were trimmed, in order to "speed up" the film. However, more exciting was the discovery that the Austrian version contains shots that are missing in the American one - shots/countershots, intertitles - and furthermore shows differences in its montage (i.e. the placing of the individual shots within a sequence). All this indicates that Die Rache der Berge constitutes the oldest and most completely preserved material of the film.

　　故事发生在二十世纪初的北爱尔兰贝尔法斯特，刚刚出狱没多久的约翰尼（詹姆斯·梅森 James Mason 饰）参与了一次抢劫行动，并且为了掩护队友而遭到了警察的枪击，约翰尼失手打死了警察，惹上了重罪，成为了全城通缉的对象，身负重伤的约翰尼体力不支，昏了过去。
　　穷的叮当响的无赖汉谢尔（F.J.麦考密 F.J. McCormick 饰）发现了约翰尼的踪迹，在他的身上看到了发财的法子，他将情报通告给神父汤姆（W.G. Fay 饰），却被凯瑟琳（凯思琳·赖安 Kathleen Ryan 饰）发现。凯瑟琳赶在谢尔之前找到了躲在疯画家鲁奇（罗伯特·牛顿 Robert Newton 饰）家中的约翰尼，就这样，两个人踏上了逃亡的旅途。

　　一个18 岁的男孩Jakob回到法兰克福，一年前他因为母亲死亡而离开。当他设法正常地生活时，他认识了当保姆的波兰女子Wanda, 并且爱上她。但是大家都有些不满意对方。

　　根据捷克民谣改编的七个小故事：
　　1.一位妇人死在归家的途中，年幼的孩子们每天去坟前看她，呼唤着陷入永眠的母亲；
　　2.少女不听母亲的劝告，去湖边游玩，落入水中后她与水怪结为夫妻；
　　3.一对情侣，男人奔赴战场，苦等多年的女子日日祈祷爱人归来，她的愿望成真；
　　4.一位母亲辛苦 准备晚饭，她年幼的儿子却纠缠不止。母亲一气之下，让门外的百日巫师将儿子带走，不曾想……
　　5.某国君主在森林中驰骋时，撞见一个正在沐浴的绝世美女，他向女子的继母提亲，为了将亲生女儿将给国王，恶毒的老女人不惜残忍杀害继女；
　　6.少女承认自己堕胎，深感罪恶的她走向绞刑架，临终前向母亲发出了诅咒；
　　7.两个女孩聊天，传说在午夜凿开冰层，便能从水中看到爱人的样子。