影片以第二次世界大战已经接近尾声时的诺曼底登陆为背景，讲述了一个女人同时爱上两个优秀军人的故事。虽然影片没有把过多的镜头对准激烈震撼的登陆场面，但以此为背景的故事同样堪称是一部荡气回肠的爱情经典之作。

1920s. Vietnam under colonial French ruling. Anti-French rebellions emerge all over the country to disrupt the foreign occupiers. In respond, the colonialist employed units of Vietnamese agents to track and destroy these rebels. The film follows the journey of LE VAN CUONG, a French cultured undercover elite. Although branded with a perfect track record, Cuong's inner conscience is troubled by the sea of Vietnamese blood he had spilled to uphold a French washed ideal. Following an assassination of a high ranking French, Cuong is assigned to seek and kill the notorious leader of the resistance. Cuong encounters VO THANH THUY, a relentless revolutionary fighter and the daughter of the rebel leader. Cuong's superior intends for him to use Thuy as a mean to get to her father but Cuong soon has feelings for her. Thuy's patriotism ignites conflicts between Cuong's consciousness and his cultured faith. Will Cuong discover his inner-self and find love or will he continue his mission? The journey unfolds...

影片改编自歌德的诗剧《浮士德》的第一部分，是关于浮士德和少女玛甘蕾的故事。天使和魔鬼打了一个赌，倘若他能俘获浮士德的灵魂上帝就将世界让给他，魔鬼给城市带来了瘟疫，浮士德想找出解药却找不到，他只能眼睁睁看着，魔鬼和浮士德订立契约，魔鬼以仆人身份出现，带着浮士德开始新的人生。条件是浮士德一旦感到了满足，灵魂便归魔鬼所有。魔鬼带浮士德看见了肉欲狂欢的世界，并设计让少女爱上了浮士德。而不由自主爱上浮士德的少女去求助马歇姨妈，他们相爱了。马歇姨妈却因为喝了魔鬼调制的酒变得神经兮兮。少女为了和浮士德幽会给母亲服了过量安眠药，致使老人死去。而魔鬼挑唆少女哥哥瓦伦丁和浮士德争斗，瓦伦丁死于浮士德剑下。少女成了镇子的罪人，冬天，她生下了自己的孩子，孩子得不到救助在雪中悲惨地死去。她被人当成了杀人犯被判火刑，浮士德得知后赶回小镇，冲上火刑台，和少女一同赴死。感动了上帝也战胜了魔鬼。

两个年轻的漂泊者带领一列摩门教马车来到圣胡安山谷，在旅途中遇到了凶残者、印第安人、地理和道德挑战。

一个佩带勋章的还不久的新手警长帕金斯，除非他得到理性的帮助，否则勋章也不会再佩带多长时间。方达以其坦率和豪放在这部西部电影中赢得赞美，他扮演一个老谋深算的为悬赏而巨捕的逃犯摩根，而帕金斯以此作为行动的准则，随着时间的推移，他也接纳了方达。