二十世纪初年,上海林记粮行老板林威成,家大业大,妻妾成群,但仍不满足地纳了唱大鼓戏的女戏子芙蓉为妾。芙蓉念念不忘老情人张杰。两人暗地幽会,直到芙蓉产下一子,才东窗事发。林威成一怒之下,逼芙蓉上吊自尽,张杰被打成残废扔进河里。不满周岁的儿子,被扔到乱葬岗喂野狗。幸好孩子被车夫贾六发现,正巧赵婶刚生下一女,贾六拜托赵婶顺便哺育此子,为二人取名为美梦、成真。。本片是叙述11岁犹太裔的罗米克(海利乔奥斯蒙饰),为了躲避纳粹的迫害,被父执辈的友人收容并躲在乡下,与他的孩子们一起生活,期间认识了一些朋友,一起上教堂,听神父讲道。但其中让罗米克不解的是这些孩童常常在深夜去火车站,不知为啥?村中的孩童及犹太人也常遭暗杀及强暴,这种种事件都无意中让罗米克发现了,其间有些本籍非犹裔的村童被误认为犹大人而被送走至集中营,但罗米克因被误为本地村童而捡回一命,是幸还是不幸呢?。To Max Ophüls this was an assignment (from the UFA), a pure routine job. One hardly recognizes the later Ophüls in this film (shortly made before his masterpiece "Liebelei"), but still Ophüls made this routine job into a well-paced, stylish and sometimes extremely funny romantic comedy| he probably could not do it any other way. The script is fine with some hilarious dialogue. ...。