本片讲述的是巴伐利亚国王Ludwig II的历史故事，从他1864年加冕直到1886年去世，为巴伐利亚凭添一份肃穆而灰色的浪漫。国王除了一些怪癖之外还因为另外的事而著名：他将巴伐利亚卖给了德国；他在全国建造了大量令人惊叹的城堡（最著名的便是Neuschwanstein Castle）；他是Richard Wagner的主要赞助人，却被他无情抛弃；还曾经爱上了表姐奥地利公主Elisabeth。最终Ludwig II预见到自己悲惨的死亡，他的尸首在施塔恩贝格湖中被发现，但死因一直不明。

兴师动众地最后来这一出，果真很像《魔鬼圣婴》；色彩漂亮，意大利的恐怖片都如此讲究光线，还不忘小情色一下；利用猫眼制造的主观镜头惊悚感，旋转楼梯产生的晕眩感。

富裕的西班牙女子露丝有了新恋人保罗，并与丈夫米契尔达成了离婚协定。于是露丝高兴地邀请保罗住进她在法国蔚蓝海岸的豪宅一起度夏。随后露丝接连遭遇两次离奇事故，但都死里逃生。此时丈夫米契尔也出现在镇上，露丝怀疑米契尔是几起意外的背后主谋...

Lise, a mentally unbalanced middle-aged woman, travels from her home in Hamburg, Germany to Rome, Italy where she embarks on a fatal destiny that she had helped to arrange for herself – a premeditated search for someone, anyone, with whom she could form a dangerous liaison. Lise meets a variety of people during her journey and stay in Rome who include Bill, a lecherous British businessman that she meets on the plane to Rome who tries to seduce her; Carlo, a young man whom Lise tries to know more about; an elderly Englishwoman named Mrs. Fiedke whom Lise bonds with to go shopping; and Pierre, a Frenchman who picks up Lise hoping to seduce her as well.
The film is told in a non-linear narrative as throughout the film are scenes of the local Rome police interviewing all the people that Lise interacted with as well as investigating the reasons for her strange behavior that led up to her own murder.

An enterprising reporter takes along four willing adventurers to interview and photograph a young Sardinian criminal in hiding. Under intermittent gunfire, they make their way to the mountain hideout of the bandit. After a leisurely conversation and photo session, the encampment comes under fire from a group of armed citizens acting as police. Bullets fly and violence overtakes the criminal's two henchman, as the thrill-seeking group and the wanted criminal find themselves under attack.

Diversos episodios que giran en torno a casos tanto celebres como anónimos de aventuras extraconyugales.