A movie director is approached by his old math teacher with a great movie idea: the Devil declares that the Earth is hell. The director rejects the idea, but subsequent events in the life of a writer, a friend of the dir…

故事发生在一个上世纪初的瑞典巡回马戏团，重点是马戏团老板、他的妻子、情妇以及情妇的男友之间的多重关系。导演艾伯特苦心经营濒临末日的马戏团。为了重整旗鼓，艾伯特决定举行一次盛大的晚会，为此他带着情妇――马戏团里的女演员安妮…