美国电影协会百年百部激情电影之一！
这部阵容强大的影片以精心营造的充满激情的气氛取胜，导演约瑟夫·冯·史登堡突出了爱情，因此玛莲·黛德丽在其第一部好莱坞影片首次有意识地运用光影效果作为画面语言，而且实验性的运用了自然音响。获第3届奥斯卡最佳女主角、最佳导演、最佳摄影和最佳艺术指导四项提名，1992年美国国家电影保护局国家影片登记奖！
一个倾倒众生的歌女来到摩洛哥卖艺，遇到玩世不恭的雇佣兵贾利·古柏，她对他落花有意、他却拈花惹草又三心两意，最后她只好委身于曲意求欢的富商。这时传来他在战地受伤、可能殉职的消息，她毅然决然的脱下高跟鞋，走向他的战场……

Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O'Hara. His uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco forbids the marriage because she is a commoner. Thinking she has been jilted by her prince, Sally marries old, lecherous Baron Sadoja, whose wealth has kept the kingdom afloat. When he dies suddenly, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil Marshall and his wife. Margot insists that neither the Marshalls nor the child can ever know that she is his mother.

Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.

Count D'Estrange tries to save his nephew Hubert from Denise Laverne he believes a heartless flirt. Denise's mother Mme. Florence Laverne uses all her charms to solve the problems. Finally Count D'Estrange marries Mme. Florence Laverne. Both couples leave for a honeymoon in Venice