才华横溢的表演艺术家安托尼成功的扮演了许多角色，可是到了老年功成名就的时候却找不到自己，他迷失在黑色的舞台上。他怀疑，猜忌，神经过敏，他在演死亡之吻的时候迷失在奥赛罗的险影里，黑暗中总有一股力量把他推向困惑的边缘。

When an English lord finds his wife Lady Godiva in bed with her lover Tom Jones they have to leave the country and go to the USA. Godiva ends up in a brothel and when Tom wants to save her he is challenged to a duel by the owner of the brothel