受法官塔萍（阿伦`瑞克曼）陷害，被迫流放他乡15年的陶德（约翰尼`德普）回到伦敦后，满心的怒火，只想复仇。他的妻子露西（劳拉`凯利）已经不知所踪，而女儿乔安娜（珍妮`怀森纳）则被塔萍作为养女囚禁在深宅大院里。
陶德遇到了馅饼店老板娘洛薇特夫人（海伦娜`卡特），也是一直爱恋他的女人。在馅饼店楼上，陶德重新开张了他的理发店。渐渐的馅饼的生意好了起来，只是烟筒里不断冒出恶臭的黑烟。理发店的客人也很多，却很少见到有人走出来。那里，陶德一直在等着法官塔萍的到来。

Set in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical fact, this is the story of Vaslav Nijinsky, the young and brilliant but headstrong premier danseur and aspiring choreographer of the Ballets Russes. The company is managed by the famous Sergei Diaghilev, himself a controlling and fiercely possessive impresario. The increasing tension between these powerful egos, exacerbated by homosexual desire and jealousy, becomes triangular when the young ballerina Romola de Pulsky determinedly attempts to draw the increasingly mentally unstable Nijinsky away from Diaghilev, Written by Eric Wees <eric_wees@pch.gc.ca>

Beginning its several incarnations as an Ingmar Bergman film named Smiles of a Summer Night, the story was adapted by composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim into a successful Broadway musical directed by Harold Prince. This film, also directed by Prince, is adapted from the stage musical. In the movie, in the early 1900s, a group of friends bound together by complicated romantic entanglements, have come together for an elegant dinner at a country estate. The men present are the current, previous, or prospective lovers of the beautiful actress, Desiree (Elizabeth Taylor), and the other women are all united by their jealousy of her. Sadly, Desiree herself wants to simplify things and settle down -- she envies the wives. The adapted score later won an Oscar. The musical's well-known songs include Every Day a Little Death, A Weekend in the Country, and You Must Meet My Wife. The most famous song from the musical, Send in the Clowns, is sung here by Elizabeth Taylor. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

This movie is a recorded performance in concert. It all begins when Benjamin Barker( George Hearn), a mysterious,quiet,and subtle barber, returns to his hometown in London after escaping from a prison in Australia with help from a young sailor named Anthony. Now Sweeney Todd, he returns to his home where he and his wife Lucie and daughter Johanna used to live. When he arrives he meets Mrs. Nellie Lovett(Patti Lupone), a lonely woman who owns a down and out pie shop, and discovers that his wife has poisoned herself and the judge that unfairly punished him is responsible and the judge also has his daughter. So then Sweeney plots his revenge on the judge and his accomplice the Beadle and with help from Mrs. Lovett he re-opens his barber shop and vows to give the judge the closest shave he will ever know and give Mrs. Lovett a tasty new ingredient for her homemade meat pies. --- （Written by Thomas ）

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.

一名机会主义的年轻人为欧洲伯爵夫人当仆人，利用他的性才能来改善自己的生活地位。

Immediately after Lisa (Loren) declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going husband Robert (Perkins), he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secretly still alive, he convinces her to collect his life insurance, although she knows that it's a bad idea. Lisa must contend with the complications of the scheme, which involve an aggressive suitor (Young), Robert's jealousy, and her own guilt.
The film takes place primarily in Paris. Lisa is Italian; Robert is American.

1990年PBS的林肯中心现场节目播放的版本。

在一场位于伦敦的葬礼之中，银行家的儿子亨利（亚历克·马克温 Alec McCowen 饰）第一次见到了奥古斯塔（玛吉·史密斯 Maggie Smith 饰），在传闻中，奥古斯塔是一个非常古怪的女人，亨利甚至以为她早就已经死了。
在奥古斯塔的要求之下，亨利决定陪她一起去巴黎，哪知道已经启程之后，亨利才发现奥古斯塔彻头彻尾的骗了自己。她实际上是要去找一个名叫埃尔克莱（罗伯特·斯蒂芬斯 Robert Stephens 饰）的男人。对于奥古斯塔的欺骗，亨利感到非常的火大，但他已经上了贼船，再也没有回头路可走了。就这样，亨利和奥古斯塔一路奔波，遇到了接连不断的意外，在此过程中，亨利对这个古怪的女人有了更深层次的了解。

皮特在一次晚会上邂逅了无人搭讪的南希，于是两人一直都保持联系，关系越来越好。然而某天，皮特两夫妇回家发现了南希上吊而死，二人报了警。在警方的侦查过程中发现南希并不是自杀，而一切的矛头都指向皮特身上……

When the unjustly imprisoned Sweeney Todd returns to London, he vows revenge upon those who framed him. Joining forces with Mrs. Lovett he kills and she bakes his customers into her meat pies.

19世纪末20世纪初的瑞典，中年律师弗雷德里克.伊格曼娶了一位18岁的续妻安妮，妻子虽然爱他却没准备好面对真正的婚姻生活，结婚11个月仍然没和他同房。律师的儿子亨利克，比继母还年长一岁，他的对生活十分沮丧，尽管他是神学院学生却形成了消极的世界观。安妮被他的举止吸引，却不能明白他字里行间的深意。同时她对丈夫许诺，将尽快与他同房。安妮愚昧的女仆佩特拉只稍微年长一点，给她女主人提了很多粗陋的同房建议。
此时，女主角，当红演员迪塞丽.阿姆菲尔德闪亮登场，她与弗雷德里克是老情人，同时也是个相当自私的女人，她把女儿弗雷德里卡交给其外祖母阿姆菲尔德夫人抚养。女儿非常想念母亲，但迪塞丽始终为了演出而推脱不去见女儿。听说她所在剧团将来到弗雷德里克家乡演出，她邀请他前去欣赏。弗雷德里克携妻同行，安妮怀疑女明星与丈夫有染。于是安妮谎称头疼要求丈夫带她回家，在家里佩特拉正在勾引亨利克。
弗雷德里克对迪塞丽旧情难忘，偷偷溜出家见她，两人的重逢场景相当欢乐也很做作，他们告诉彼此自己的生活现状，弗雷德里克一直说他多爱他妻子，迪塞丽饱含揶揄的回应他。她则告诉他自己的新相好——已婚的卡尔伯爵。听说弗雷德里克结婚11月尚未行房，她决定送给老友一个礼物，满足他的欲望。
阿姆菲尔德夫人向外孙女讲述所谓人生真谛，并回忆了她的动荡人生，并追忆她年轻时的幽会。卡尔伯爵来到迪塞丽家，弗雷德里克和迪塞丽用极其粗糙的谎言让伯爵相信两人是清白的，但伯爵仍满腹狐疑。他回到妻子夏洛特处，妻子知道他的不忠，而伯爵沉浸在对迪塞丽的耿耿于怀中。夏洛特建议丈夫把事情弄清楚，同时意识到自己也可以参与其中，她妹妹和安妮是同学。
夏洛特拜访安妮，透露了弗雷德里克的不忠行经，安妮十分惊讶害怕。夏洛特劝戒她，这就是妻子的宿命，必须要接受这份痛苦。迪塞丽去母亲家声称要为弗雷德里克家举办一次晚会，母亲勉强同意。受到邀请的弗雷德里克家一片骚动，安妮拒绝前往，夏洛特则希望她去让迪塞丽显得黯然失色。卡尔则决定给妻子一个意外的生日礼物，不请自来的参见迪塞丽晚会。卡尔决定要和弗雷德里克决斗，而夏洛特则打算勾引弗雷德里克让丈夫嫉妒，从而终结他的不忠。
所有人各怀鬼胎来到阿姆菲尔德夫人家，除了佩特拉，但她意外的被主宅仆人弗里德吸引。所有贵夫人相互挤兑，亨利克遇到弗雷德里卡，向她承认自己深爱继母。 弗雷德里克和卡尔暗自发现自己对迪塞利无条件服从。大家怀着心事开始了一吨鸿门宴。
夏洛特在晚餐时于弗雷德里克调情，安妮与迪塞利相互攻击。大家迅速陷入争吵中，惟独亨利克第一次主动表达自己的情绪，他高声斥责大家的不道德行为并离开餐桌。所有人都被他震惊，也离开了晚餐。弗雷德里卡向安妮透露了亨利克的爱意，于是两人出去寻找他。迪塞利胸有成竹的问弗雷德里克是否需要她把他从生活的桎梏中解救出来，但弗雷德里克说他对她的爱只能在梦里。原本一切都在掌握之中的迪塞利突然感到人生的无常。
亨利克在庄园湖畔准备自杀，被安妮拦下，两人互诉衷情，并导致安妮献出初夜。离他们不远处，佩特拉和弗里德也在享受云雨之欢，佩特拉庆幸自己在进入婚姻牢笼前能享受如此多的快乐。亨利克与安妮满心欢喜称火车离开，准备开始新生活。弗雷德里克发现了他们的秘密，却发现自己并不恼怒。夏洛特向他坦白了自己的计划，离开了他。卡尔不明就里，嫉妒的要求决斗，决斗中弗雷德里克伤了耳朵。卡尔对自己的胜利非常满意，夏洛特看到丈夫如此在意自己也很满意。没有任何束缚的弗雷德里克也想迪塞利表达了自己的爱意，女明星终于吐露实情，原来弗雷德里卡正是他女儿。
在故事宁静而强有力的结尾时刻，阿姆菲尔德夫人询问外孙女对当晚发生事件的感想，她平静的回答，爱情充满坎坷也导致很多诡异的结果，但是这些都是无可避免的，最终人们能意识到爱情才是唯一真实的东西。夫人微笑点头睡过去，并平静的死去。