大战爆发之前，一位老人拿着政府发的“备战小册子”回到家中，妻子一如往日的给他准备了美味的食物和奶茶。很快广播中播放战争即将开始的消息，于是老人按照小册子中的介绍开始准备搭建防空袭遮蔽帐篷......
战争终于开始了，两位老人在这次空袭中幸免，他们非常乐观的等待着国家紧急救援组织的到来。他们的乐观精神带给了他们美好的故事结局了吗？国家紧急援救机构真的来救他们了吗？

　　歌剧院里，杂耍表演结束的舞台上，报幕员走上舞台，隆重介绍“记忆先生”梅里克（怀特·沃森 饰）。借惊人的记忆，梅里克回答着观众各种刁钻古怪的问题。嘈杂的人群中，加拿大男人理查德·汉纳（罗伯特·多纳特 饰）提问了一个有关加拿大地理方面的问题，“记忆先生”准确地给出答案。枪声！两声枪响，让原本嘈杂不堪的歌剧院顿时陷入混乱。人群涌向出口，一个陌生而漂亮的女子紧跟着汉纳，在拥挤的人群中挤出歌剧院，随汉纳来到他租住的布兰特公寓。 　　女子（露西·曼娜海姆 饰）自称施密斯小姐，受雇于英国间谍机构，因保护英国空军防空机密而遭到陌生人的追踪。施密斯的任务是前往苏格兰，与一个右手小拇指缺一截的男人接头。男人是秘密间谍组织“三十九级台阶”的负责人。透过窗帘，汉纳确实看到窗外的墙根下站着两个神秘的男子。入夜，施密斯小姐突然闯进汉纳的房间，丢下一句“快走！下一个将是你”后，倒地死去，背后插着一把尖刀。 　　施密斯小姐的死，让汉纳感到恐惧，接着又觉得疑惑。怀着恐惧而疑惑的心情，汉纳逃出旅馆，搭上火车，前往苏格兰。火车上，汉纳从报纸上看到警察已经发现了施密斯小姐的尸体，自己却成了凶杀犯正被警方通缉。陌生女人帕梅拉（玛德琳·卡罗尔 饰）的告密，让警察闻讯而至。汉纳机智的甩开警察的追捕，跳下火车，来到苏格兰的一处农庄。 　　警察尾随而来。贪财的农夫将汉纳出卖给警察，好心的农妇却给了汉纳一条生路。翻山、越岭、涉水、斩棘，汉纳依然遭到警察的追捕。此时，汉纳按照施密斯临死前留下一张地图，找到乔纳教授的山庄。适逢酒神节。乔纳巧妙地支走警察，露出“庐山真面”。汉纳发现，乔纳竟然就是施密斯说的那个小拇指缺一截的接头人，而施密斯的真名叫安娜·贝拉。 　　接下来发生的事情更加扑朔迷离，汉纳的处境也越来越危险。当汉纳从扑朔迷离中发现空军机密与“三十九级台阶”秘密间谍组织有关时，已经是在回到伦敦后的歌剧院。“记忆先生”的回答，提醒了汉纳。原来，间谍组织是想利用“记忆先生”惊人的记忆，将空军机密带出英国。真相在最后一刻揭露，清白在最后一刻洗清，乔纳教授在最后一刻现形，“记忆先生”却在最后一刻用生命保护了国防机密。

英国女子艾德娜（Judy Davis 饰）与未来的婆婆摩尔夫人远赴印度，此行既为了探望艾德娜在印度做地方法官的未婚夫朗尼，亦可同时拓展视野。艾德娜的心思不在白人之间的交际活动，而是更渴望了解印度的异域风情，并因此与当地医生艾斯结识，艾斯对英国人充满纯洁的敬佩之情，虽然偶有失望，但他仍然为摩尔太太的优雅气质赞叹、时常帮助白人解围不惜让自己陷入尴尬。好心的艾斯为了满足艾德娜的愿望，担任向导带领艾德娜与摩尔太太参观郊外的马拉巴山洞，岂料两名女士在山洞中倍感不适，艾德娜更是浑身伤痕的跑出了山洞……此行引起轩然大波，英方认为艾斯对艾德娜欲行不轨，将其监禁。艾斯的命运，此刻掌握在了艾德娜的手中。
本片根据E.M. Forster小说改编，获1985年奥斯卡奖最佳女配角奖等十余项专业褒奖。

1980年出品，1936年前后“不爱江山爱美人”的故事真相，是目前评分最高的版本。把辛普森夫人的手段、心计刻画得入木三分。对那段“爱情”还抱有浪漫想象的人慎看，会幻灭的。
---FUNNY V

This 14-part serial was adapted from Paul Scott's novels, the Raj Quartet, which chronicled the end of British rule in India between 1942 and 1947. An epic story with an enormous cast of characters, the series took three years of preparation and months of filming; the project was personally supervised by Granada's chairman, Sir Denis Forman. Superbly filmed (by Ray Goode), cast and performed, it won numerous awards, sold around the world and made stars of several of its actors.

Prior to the first act, an induction frames the play as a "kind of history" played in front of a befuddled drunkard named Christopher Sly who is tricked into believing that he is a lord.
In the play performed for Sly, the "Shrew" is Katherina Minola, the eldest daughter of Baptista Minola, a lord in Padua. Katherina's temper is notorious and it is thought no man would ever wish to marry her. On the other hand, two men – Hortensio and Gremio – are eager to marry her younger sister Bianca. However, Baptista has sworn not to allow his younger daughter to marry before Katherina is wed, much to the despair of her suitors, who agree that they will work together to marry off Katherina so that they will be free to compete for Bianca.
The plot becomes more complex when Lucentio, who has recently come to Padua to attend university, sees Bianca and instantly falls in love with her. Lucentio overhears Baptista announce that he is on the lookout for tutors for his daughters, so he has his servant Tranio pretend to be him while he disguises himself as a Latin tutor named Cambio, so that he can woo Bianca behind Baptista's back.
In the meantime, Petruchio arrives in Padua, accompanied by his servant, Grumio. Petruchio tells his old friend Hortensio that he has set out to enjoy life after the death of his father and that his main goal is to wed. Hearing this, Hortensio seizes the opportunity to recruit Petruchio as a suitor for Katherina. He also has Petruchio present to Baptista a music tutor named Litio (Hortensio himself in disguise). Thus, Lucentio and Hortensio, pretending to be the teachers Cambio and Litio, attempt to woo Bianca unbeknownst to her father, and to one another.
Petruchio, to counter Katherina's shrewish nature, woos her with reverse psychology, pretending that every harsh thing she says or does is kind and gentle. Katherina allows herself to become engaged to Petruchio, and they are married in a farcical ceremony during which (amongst other things) he strikes the priest and drinks the communion wine, and then takes her home against her will. Once they are gone, Gremio and Tranio (disguised as Lucentio) formally bid for Bianca, with Tranio easily outbidding Gremio. However, in his zeal to win, he promises much more than the real Lucentio actually possesses, and Baptista determines that once Lucentio's father confirms the dowry, Bianca and Tranio can marry. Tranio thus decides that they will need someone to pretend to be Vincentio, Lucentio's father, at some point in the near future. Elsewhere, as part of their scheme, Tranio persuades Hortensio that Bianca is not worthy of his attentions, thus removing any problems he may cause.
Meanwhile, in Petruchio's house, he begins the "taming" of his new wife. She is refused food and clothing because nothing – according to Petruchio – is good enough for her; he claims perfectly cooked meat is overcooked, a beautiful dress doesn't fit right, and a stylish hat is not fashionable. He also sets about disagreeing with everything she says, and forcing her to agree with everything he says, no matter how absurd; on their way back to Padua to attend Bianca's wedding, she agrees with Petruchio that the sun is the moon, and proclaims that "if you please to call it a rush-candle,/Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me" (4.5.14–15). Along the way, they meet Vincentio who is also on his way to Padua, and Katherina agrees with Petruchio when he declares that Vincentio is a woman and then apologises to Vincentio when Petruchio tells her he is a man.
Meanwhile, back in Padua, Lucentio and Tranio convince a passing pedant to pretend to be Vincentio and confirm the dowry for Bianca. The man does so, and Baptista is happy for Bianca to wed Lucentio (actually Tranio in disguise). Bianca then secretly elopes with the real Lucentio. However, Vincentio arrives in Padua, and encounters the Pedant, who claims to be Lucentio's father. Tranio (still disguised as Lucentio) appears, and the Pedant acknowledges him to be his son Lucentio. There is much confusion about identities, and the real Vincentio is set to be arrested when the real Lucentio appears with his newly betrothed Bianca, and reveals all to a bewildered Baptista and Vincentio. Lucentio explains everything that has happened and all is forgiven by the two fathers.
Meanwhile, Hortensio has married a rich widow, and so in the final scene of the play there are three newly married couples at Baptista's banquet; Bianca and Lucentio, the widow and Hortensio, and Katherina and Petruchio. Because of the general opinion that Petruchio is married to a shrew, a quarrel breaks out about whose wife is the most obedient. Petruchio proposes a wager whereby each will send a servant to call for their wives, and whichever comes most obediently will have won the wager for her husband. Katherina is the only one of the three who comes, winning the wager for Petruchio. At the end of the play, after the other two wives have been hauled into the room by Katherina, she gives a speech on the subject of why wives should always obey their husbands and the play ends with Baptista, Hortensio and Lucentio marvelling at how successfully Petruchio has tamed the shrew.

一名著名的德国商人因车祸身亡，当地报纸随即开始挖掘他的过去并发现了他黑暗的一面，即他在第二次世界大战期间希腊的往事。

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.