和世界上大多数夫妻一样，玛尔塔（安娜·金斯卡娅 Anna Jimskaia 饰）和丈夫达里奥（马克思·帕罗蒂 Max Parodi 饰）过着简单而平静的生活，可是，从某些角度看来，平静等同于乏味，而这乏味让玛尔塔的心中时常燃烧着欲望的火焰。随着火焰越烧越烈，玛尔塔的痛苦也随之增加。渐渐的，玛尔塔的精神世界开始失控，她与每一个看得上眼的男人们共享着鱼水之欢，在梦境里，在幻想中，而每当此时，达里奥总会身着风衣手持枪械打破玛尔塔的幻想。随着时间的推移，玛尔塔逐渐的迷失在了现实和幻想的交界线上，她终于背叛了自己的丈夫，有了一个年轻的情人。几经思量，玛尔塔决定和情人私奔，可是在丈夫熟悉的身影前，她又陷入了犹豫之中。
A Princess has her erotic vacation interrupted when a renegade alien force, led by her arch enemy, Aria, attacks Pleasure Planet. A quick escape lands her in even more hot water as the Princess and her busty bodyguard crash land on Earth.
“It is a film from an extended series. It is hard to say who is the main character of “The Soviet Elegy.” There are more than a hundred faces of our compatriots. But, of course, it is not by chance that it is the destiny of a famous political figure, Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, that bears a special accent in the film. Though he got to power following quite typical ways, his uncommon character puts him out of the ordinary, and in the author’s opinion it may be determined by his uncommon human nature. Our hero exists within the tragic pattern of the soviet socialist life. He is a character of a drama, of which he is one of the authors. “The Soviet Elegy” can hardly be called a documentary film in the proper sense. Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of chronology, but he insists on an artistic mode of thinking, not on a political or historical investigation.”
在监狱服刑的5年期间，乔尼·科雷（Sterling Hayden 饰）想出一条绝妙的抢劫计划。出狱后，他集结一帮非法之徒，共同策划抢劫赛马场的两百万美元巨资，并且做到“无一人伤亡”。然而智者千虑，必有一失。乔尼天衣无缝的计划得以顺利实施，却被同伙乔治（Elisha Co ok Jr. 饰）的老婆谢莉（Marie Windsor 饰）打乱。她得知丈夫的计划后，联合情夫沃尔（Vince Edwards 饰）向巨款伸出贪婪之手……
本片根据里昂努·怀特（Lionel White）的小说《Clean Break》改编的，库布里克担任编剧，并请来著名小说家吉姆·汤普森修改了对白部分。
