刘美诗身患绝症,有孕在身,当刘美诗临盆入院生下女儿雨花之时,丈夫意外车祸身亡。丧夫之痛,顽疾之扰,身无分文的刘美诗走途无路,只得忍痛将爱女雨花弃于公园,让人收养,自赴黄泉与夫重聚。茶馆老板马天禄去公园晨练时发现弃婴雨花,无能抚养,遂将雨花转交“宝贝之家”的何清华夫妇。。一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……
Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。