故事开始于1864年的德国，年又年仅19岁的路德维希二世（赫尔穆特·贝格 Helmut Berger 饰）登上了王位，年又成为了统治巴伐利亚的国王。实际上，路德维希是一个性格非常优柔寡断的男子，根本就不适合作为国家的统治者，他脆弱的自尊和薄弱的意志力常常将他置于痛苦的境地之中，这种痛苦在他挚爱的表姐伊丽莎白（罗密·施奈德 Romy Schneider 饰）含恨远嫁他乡之后，变得更加的强烈。实际上，路德维希也曾设想过实现自己的政治抱负，然而，他身边聚集着的，是各怀鬼胎的三教九流，当时间来到19世纪下半叶时，他的所有设想都化作了泡影。之后，为了逃避繁琐的政事，路德维希躲进了一座城堡之中，并且最终被大臣视为患有精神疾病，而遭到了废黜。
回复 :苏氏布行二房长子，曾经一心想要拿到掌印继承苏家，却在与妹妹苏檀儿的竞争中被宁毅击败。宁毅与苏檀儿离开江宁移居武都，走前将苏氏布行名义上交给他管理，本来已经对执掌苏家毫无希望的苏文兴，重燃热情。 看着蒸蒸日上的业绩，苏文兴将功劳归结于自己，只是他还有一顾虑，既然大房已经移居武都，为何苏愈还不将掌印传予自己。一次意外，他从家丁口中听到了真相，原来在众人眼中他只是苏氏布行的一个吉祥物。 自尊心受辱的苏文兴准备离开江宁前往富源做出一番事业，证明自己的能力，摆脱宁毅的阴影。但谁想来到富源接连受挫，甚至赔光了本钱。就在他绝望之际，昔日同窗突然出现，答应帮助他力挽狂澜，但有个条件......
金悦
回复 :阿兰．德龙主演的这部犯罪动作片，摒弃了一般银行抢劫后分赃不均而终被逮捕的老套情节，把劫宝的场面安排在飞机上进行，结局则是因家族内一次无意揭发的奸情而致西西里部落全被逮捕。影片布局可谓层次分明，有峰回路转之妙。从开幕西西里家族营救囚车中的萨丹开始，便推展出不少戏剧性的高潮，如阿兰．德龙如何外出召妓惹祸；保险公司随员的太太如何发现丈夫不在飞机上而在报警时认出阿兰．德龙；探长如何监视阿兰．德龙的妹妹而使西西里兄弟被捕等，这些设计都能顺里成章而前后呼应。
蔡国庆
回复 :“Sangen Om Den Eldröda Blomman” ( “Song Of The Scarlet Flower” ) was a recent and remarkable silent surprise for this Herr Von; the oeuvre is an excellent Herr Stiller silent film that this German count watched in a newly restored and tinted copy. It combines the well-known aesthetics, technical improvements and artistic merits for which the Nordic director was known and praised since those early silent times till today. The film tells of the merry and carefree love life of young Olof ( Herr Lars Hanson ) a woodsman who during his search for true love, seduces many frauleins ( just like this German aristocrat… well, not exactly because the purpose of this Herr Von’s seduction of rich fräulein heiresses are their great fortunes… ). He will suffer disappointment and deception, all those problems that turn up in any loving relationship. Finally he will find responsibility and maturity, learning during his particular quest that his actions always have consequences in different degrees to the people around him. This Herr Von can describe “Sangen Om…” as a kind of coming of age film, the special introspective growth toward maturity of a free and easy youngster. As this German count said before, the film displays Stiller’s characteristic artistic virtues. ; in the first part of the film, we can see elements of comedy, not exactly like the comedy of intrigues in other Stiller films, but humor of a more cheerful sort, highlighting the self-involvement of our hero. Olof ‘s frivolous flirtations with the different girls eventually turn romantic and then turn into drama. There is conflict in the troubled relationship between Olof and his father and later with the father of his beloved. The beautiful and wild natural landscapes of Norrland and northern Sweden lend the tale a certain power and is characteristic of Herr Stiller’s other silents where Nature emerges as an important character in the story. This is strongly reflected throughout the film but especially during the frantic scene wherein Olof descends into the troubled waters of a river, a beautiful metaphor for the hardships that our hero has to endure until he finds himself. “Sangen Om Den Eldröda Blomman” is an excellent, beautiful film, a solid, technically perfect and intricate production of 1919 that demonstrates once again the importance of Herr Stiller for silent film history.
