The story takes place in a small, provincial town in Masuria. Beginner artist painter Piotr comes here from Warsaw to paint frescoes in the local church. Piotr is a great karate and treats everyone as potential rivals. His antagonist is Roman, the head of local hooligans. Soon there is a conflict between them and the situation becomes very dramatic.

A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.

本片为波兰作曲家彭德雷茨基 “Die Teufel von Loudun” 的歌剧电影。1969年由汉堡歌剧团录制。剧本改编自17世纪在法国小镇 Loudun 的一个真实的故事。圣乌苏拉修女院的 Jennie 修女控告圣彼得大教堂主教 Grandier 化身魔鬼在夜晚与她和其他修女爱欲。经过一系列剧情发展，从未真的见过 Jannie 的 Grandier 最终被判定火刑。而 Jannie 控告主教的原因是因为无法满足的对后者的爱欲。歌剧借这个故事，探讨了伦理、宗教一些存在的问题；剧本也含有一定程度的政治隐射。（编译自Wikipedia）