故事发生在1080年的西班牙，彼时的西班牙并没有统一，而是分为三个互不干涉彼此国家政务的小国。卢利歌（查尔登·海斯顿 Charlton Heston 饰）因为暗中放走了国王卡斯提尔下令处死的摩尔人酋长而遭到了国王的厌恶。在一场意外之中，卢利歌不小心杀死了未婚妻吉米娜（索 菲娅·罗兰 Sophia Loren 饰）的父亲，导致两人的情感破裂。 　　不久之后，卢利歌所在的国家遭到了别国的侵略，卢利歌奋起反击保护自己祖国领土的完整，最终将敌人击退。然而坏事成双，卡斯提尔的去世让两名王子阿尔福斯（约翰·弗拉瑟 John Fraser 饰）和桑科（加里·雷蒙德 Gary Raymond 饰）开始争夺王位，好不容易恢复的和平再一次遭到破坏。

十八世纪中叶，法国民众正在国王路易十五的带领下享受战争带来的乐趣。由于连年战争导致兵员锐减，军队不得不四处召募青壮。英俊青年芳芳（Gérard Philipe 饰）流落小镇，与当地姑娘发生关系，为逃脱女方父亲的逼婚，芳芳只得加入军队。征兵军曹的女儿阿德琳（Gina Lollobrigida 饰）预言芳芳将成为将军，并迎娶国王的女儿。 　　芳芳在入伍路上竟真的遇到国王之女蓬勃多，蒙赐郁金香一朵，芳芳从此对公主魂牵梦绕，没有注意到与他日久生情的阿德琳。为见公主，他夜闯行宫惹下大祸，阿德琳舍身搭救，让他得以在敌后大展拳脚。最终有情人终成眷属，而当初的预言也完全应验。本片获1952年柏林电影节最佳导演银熊奖，戛纳电影节最佳导演奖。

福尔摩斯因为过分的寂寞，整日注射可卡因，他的好友华生医生强烈反对他这样摧残自己的身体。一天，福尔摩斯接到一封神秘的请帖，邀他去观看苏联芭蕾舞。芭蕾舞演员彼得洛娃，希望和福尔摩斯结合，因为她想要个孩子，还希望孩子父亲的智能与她的资丽能造就个好孩子。福尔摩斯婉言谢绝。几天后，福尔摩斯收到一件奇怪的包裹，里面是在一个被人从泰晤士河中救起的患有健忘症的女人手里找到的，一张写有福尔摩斯住址的纸条。

　　In a confused welter of artistic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.