1885年，为了组织歌剧音乐节，依拉明格小镇邀请了一位有名的歌手，玛格达莱娜·戴尔奥托女士。她不仅会为当地歌剧节献唱，还会在教堂表演巴赫的马太受难曲中的一部分。玛格达莱娜·戴尔奥托女士受到依拉明格委员会，包括王子本人的热烈欢迎。不久后玛格达莱娜和她同行的朋友罗尔莫泽，都表示自己是土生土长的德国人。事实上，真名为玛格达·施瓦兹的玛格达莱娜，不仅是依拉明格人，而且几年前愤怒地离家出走…… （豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组）

In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving, ambitious Jewish businessman, Suess Oppenheimer, snares a post as treasurer to the Duke of Wurttemburg by showering the corrupt duke with treasure and promises of even greater riches. As the Jew's schemes grow more elaborate and his actions more brazen, the dukedom nearly erupts into civil war. Persuaded by the Jew, the Duke all but scuttles the constitution and alienates the assembly by lifting the local ban on Jews in Stuttgart. In a final outrage, the Jew rapes a wholesome German girl and tortures her father and fiancee. When the Duke succumbs to a sudden heart attack, the assembly of Elders try the Jew and sentence him to death for having "carnal knowledge of a Christian woman."

Summary written by Kevin Rayburn

电影发生在中世纪的纽伦堡。工匠彼得·亨莱因受全城的尊敬，并娶了年轻的、充满活力的伊芙为妻。但是发明创造第一枚怀表（纽伦堡蛋）的工作使他的生活不得安宁。他日以继夜地工作，沉迷于机械，完全忘记了他的妻子和周遭的世界。他妻子拼命想要修复婚姻关系，但无济于事。 彼得·亨莱因终于成功地发明了怀表，但也付出了很高的代价。完成工作以后，他意识到他的妻子和他生命中的一切，都付诸东流。 （豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组）

During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.

在荷里活演了多年「中國娃娃」，黃柳霜遠走歐洲，力圖另闖一番事業。她與德國導演李察‧艾堡合作了一系列電影，《愛比刀更利》為第一部。黃飾演一名馬來亞舞孃，遭人調戲時得到一雜技飛刀手相救，二人合組情侶檔演出，但飛刀手舊情人突然出現。飛刀手為求與舊情人復合，計劃鋌而走險打劫火車。另一邊廂，經理人對舞孃又有意思，威迫她在兩人間作出選擇，交織成糾纏不清的愛恨四角。黃柳霜出色的演出使歐洲觀眾為之驚艷，並為她帶來了演出更立體角色的機會。恩尼‧哥柏斯現場音樂伴奏。鳴謝英國電影學院借出拷貝。

When two russian captains of cavalry came to a German post station one of them recalls what happened long time ago. He begins to tell the story: Ten years ago a comrade of them made a resting at the post station and fell in love with the station master's daughter. He promised everything to her and finally convinced her to come with him to St. Petersburg. When both arrived there she had to realize that her captain never had the intention to marry her.

The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.