在这部梦幻故事剧情片中,年轻的医生费多林与妻子生活在二十世纪初的维也纳。在一次轻浮的舞会之后，妻子草率地透露了自己曾经的艳遇与性幻想。在妒火与压抑之下，费多林深夜里走出家门，去为一个老病人送终，却不自觉地踏上了一场意外的性冒险之旅。一系列神秘、惊悚、荒诞的奇遇令他命悬一线，险些不得脱身……
Thoughts and psychological transformations of Doctor Fridolin over a two-day period after his wife confesses having had sexual fantasies involving another man. In this short time, he meets many people who give clues to the world Schnitzler creates. This culminates in the masquerade ball, a wondrous event of masked individualism, sex, and danger for Fridolin as the outsider.
