一名年轻的美国富商之子遭绑架,但是当三名糊涂的黑手党绑匪和他们倒楣的受害者在山中迷路时,他们最后在一栋施有吉普赛魔咒的废弃小屋中过夜。每个男人在早上醒来后,都立刻爱上他们第一眼所见到的人:一名朴素的老处女、一名英俊的樵夫和一头可爱的母牛,倒楣的富商之子则爱上村中口齿伶俐的黑发美女…。而当遭到出卖的黑手党老大和富商抵达现场要终止这起疯狂事件时,事情开始变得一蹋糊涂…。。After the tremendous popular success of the
Fantômas novels, both of the major French
film studios — Pathé and Gaumont —
vied for the rights to produce films based
on the series. Gaumont won, and from
April 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuillade
directed five Fantômas films which critic
David Thomson has described as "the first
great movie experience."。