马吕斯（豪斯特·巴奇霍兹 Horst Buchholz 饰）是一个十九岁的年轻人，这个年纪的人往往会对未来充满了期望和希冀，但是马吕斯和他们不同，马吕斯的父亲经营着一家咖啡馆，而马吕斯之后的人生，几乎都被他的父亲给规划好了。
马吕斯渴望大海，希望能够做一名自由自在航行的水手，经历了种种的波折和挫折后，马吕斯总算即将实现他的梦想了。可是，在出海的前一天，一个名叫芳妮（莱斯利·卡伦 Leslie Caron 饰）的女孩向马吕斯吐露了爱意，马吕斯也同样非常的喜欢芳妮，在这个女孩和自己的梦想之剑，他必须要做出选择。而芳妮同样也面临选择，她是否该放弃自己的爱情，成全所爱的男孩呢？

《哦老爸，可怜的老爸，妈妈把你挂在衣橱里，我好难过》是Arthur Kopit创作的第一部话剧。该剧于1962年在外百老汇的Phoenix Repertory Theatre首演，后来于1963年到百老汇的Morosco Theatre演出47场。1967年，这部话剧被改编为同名电影，由Richard Quine导演，Rosalind Russell、Robert Morse和Barbara Harris主演。
Arthur把这部剧称为“三幕的闹剧”，故事讲述母亲到加勒比地区一个奢华的旅游胜地旅行，带着她的儿子和死去的丈夫（被保存在他的棺材里跟着一起旅行）。

When William Gridley arrives from the US in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her husband but his boss, the American ambassador, knows and doesn't take this "lapse of judgement" lightly. Since Carly is also American, Gridley saves his job by introducing her to the ambassador, who is promptly smitten and promises to help her. So when a Scotland Yard detective arrives, wanting to get to the truth one way or another, they say they'll help him. And then the comedic complications really begin.

战后的英国，一位喜爱孩子，却在早年痛失爱女的富有女寡妇弗瑞斯特夫人在每年的圣诞节都会在家中举办盛大的晚宴招待当地福利院的孤儿们，并且让孩子们亲切的称呼自己为小豆阿姨；
而福利院中有一对调皮、叛逆的库姆斯兄妹，因不服管教故未能入选可参与宴会的“乖孩子”名单，因此古灵精怪的哥哥克里斯托弗便使出坏招，携妹妹悄悄跟随到了弗瑞斯特夫人的豪宅，而这一举动非但没有引起夫人的反感，反而得到了她的热情款待，但是哥哥克里斯托弗却发现这位夫人对自己的小妹妹有些过于关心，并且在家中隐藏了某种不为人知的可怕秘密，这让他不禁想起了《韩塞尔和格蕾特》中那位试图吃掉孩子的坏女巫....

Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a way to meet people. However he soon finds the drama offstage far outweighs those onstage.

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.