故事讲述的是一个极度危险的精神病人从医院逃出，与常人无异般地在街上随意出入。在杀死一名女子后警方在医生的配合下终于找到了线索，与嫌犯展开了一场貌不惊人却暗藏乾坤的搏斗。

本片根据法国女作家葛朋畅销小说“安琪丽Angelica”改编（共有5集）曾获德国金像奖。 　　本片女主角安琦丽可出身没落贵族世家，是一个法国男爵的女儿，从小就集美丽、勇敢、智慧于一身，说到聪明才智还真不可小看她，女主角有一次在亲戚家里目击一场暗杀国王的政治阴谋，小小年纪的她居然就懂得将关键的证据藏起来，真的是勇气可嘉且足智多谋……

Alice, a widowed Frenchwoman, goes on a vacation to Italy. Upon her return, she relates the particulars of her holiday. Within a 24-hour time frame, Alice gets on the wrong boat, winds up in Switzerland where she whiles away the hours at a casino, meets a handsome young German army deserter named Thomas, spends the night with her new acquaintance, pays his sizeable gambling debts, and helps him elude the authorities...

Russia, 1905. Tuvia is the only Jew living in the village of Antevka. He is very poor but things change when, as a token of gratitude for a service rendered, he is given a cow and some food. Now, his wife, his seven daughters and himself have access to a better life. Tuvia sells his milk and his butter. Moreover, he is now able to give his daughters a dowry and marry them. But you can't buy happiness...