In the Alpine village of Tolzbad in the 1800s, the townsfolk talk quietly and restrain their movements lest they incur avalanches. This atmosphere lends itself to repressed emotions - shown through the parallel stories of butler student Johann lusting after his mother (an old flame of the mysterious Count Knotkers) and Klara's attraction to her father (who lusts after his other...。第二次世界大战前夕,意大利在德国纳粹的影响下,国内掀起了一股敌视犹太人的政治气氛。在非非拉的费尼兹.康提尼的犹太家族也受波及,为了躲避外面的政治风波,家族成员,特别是家族中两个年轻孩子米科与埃伯特整天躲在破败的庄园中,他们无忧无虑的生活已不复存在,唯有空幻的祈祷上苍,法西斯的悲剧不要降临到他们身上,但厄运最终还是袭来……。