Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic silent film tells the tale of Satan's (Helge Nissen) banishment from heaven. In order to return, Satan must perform acts of temptation upon humanity with the stipulation that for every soul who yields, 100 years。In 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods.。杨维汉在公事上常与怡婷接触,日久生情,当汉明白婷是为人所弃的女子,还有个七岁女儿,使他不知是否继续下去。另一方面,汉妹维云结识了家境清寒的同学叶中,但遭杨父反对,设计分开他们,当她返回叶中身边时,却闯入一时髦女子……。