该片根据维吾尔族民间故事改编,讲述了一百多年前,在西域大地上的一个小山村里,爱财如命的赛莱巴依老爷经常欺压当地的百姓,虐待佣人。为了给村民们出口气,年轻的艾甫其莱木,利用巴依老爷爱贪财的弱点,让他丑态百出。最后,这位巴依老爷终于意识到自己的过失,遂决定在众人面前改过自新。从此以后,他善待乡亲,乐善好施,与大家和谐地生活在一起。。一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……
Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。