With a sense of duty and iron toughness, the Burgundian weapon master Hagen von Tronje holds the crisis-ridden kingdom together. In doing so, he suppresses his secret love for the king's daughter Kriemhild and represses his own dark past. When the legendary dragon slayer Siegfried of Xanten appears in Worms and threate…

影片由匈牙利超现实主义大师埃涅迪·伊尔迪科执导并改编自菲什特·米兰1940年代同名小说《吾妻之话》，回忆什特尔·雅各布船长和友人打赌，与下一位走进咖啡馆的女子结婚。由此，他娶了一名法国女子，有了一段不幸婚姻，并怀疑妻子于己不忠。