故事发生在十八世纪的伦敦，性8新地一个孤女从一位名为希普（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）的男人处听闻了关于自己的母亲莫尔（罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰）的传奇。长久以来，性8新地莫尔都在修道院中过着艰辛的生活，幸运的是，她得到了一位善良贵妇的同情，贵妇收养了她。莫尔以为自己的好日子终于来临了，不料却遭到了贵妇的两个女儿的厌恶与嫉妒，一番波折之后，莫尔沦落到了妓院老板娘的手下。之后，莫尔遇见了一名男仆，他不是别人，正是希普，随着时间的推移，两人之间结下了坚实的友谊。一位年轻艺术家（约翰·林奇 John Lynch 饰）出现在了莫尔的生活之中，他为莫尔带来了生的希望，亦让莫尔品尝到了爱情的甜蜜与辛酸，终于，他们有了爱情的结晶，然而，故事并没有就此结束。
回复 :本片借两对男女互相间的滥情、妒忌和背叛来制造笑料。流浪汉布杜被一个好心的书商从塞纳河中救起并收留，书商的太太和女佣对好吃懒做的布杜非常厌恶，流浪汉非但不感恩戴德，还勾引书商的太太和女仆，把他家搞得鸡犬不宁。偏偏书商本身也与女佣有染，这两对男女的爱情烂账，终于决定要用一场婚宴来解决。
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回复 :在卢旺达大屠杀期间，四名背景各异的女子身处困境，在奔波躲藏之间建立了牢不可破的姐妹情谊。根据真实事件改编。
回复 :A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.If you're wondering about this film and why it's dubbed in Italian, then read the following comment from IMDbI have always wondered about the disappearance of Deluge. Why for so many years, seemingly since it's release in 1933, this film vanished from the face of the earth. After seeing it, courtesy of the efforts of Mr. Wade Williams Co., I'm still puzzled, but I have a theory. In 1933, the code was enacted that pretty much took care of sex and violence in Hollywood. While not an explicit film by any means, Deluge does deal fairly frankly with sexuality, lust and rape. I wonder if RKO discovered they had a film that they could not re-release, much like the fabled lost Warner Bros. comedy Convention City. It's a shame for, while it is a dated film, I find it quite unique and surprising for it's era and a fairly successful attempt to create something different in an era when films were already becoming cookie cutter by-products of the studio machine (not that many of those cookies aren't tasty, mind you). And even though the only available copy at this writing is dubbed into Italian, I don't find that a hinderance. An excellent job was done in subtitling the film, and much of the film is visual anyway.