One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

影片描写了十八世纪俄国杰出的军事天才、海军统帅乌沙科夫，以其卓越的战略战术，率领英勇的俄国水兵彻底消灭了土耳其在黑海沿岸的侵略势力，使原属俄国的黑海回到祖国怀抱。影片还展示了乌沙科夫海军事业中最光辉的一页——远征地中海的伟大战绩，他配合苏沃洛夫沉重地打击了拿破仑，在取得胜利的过程中还有力地粉碎了英国反动集团的阴谋，充分说明了乌沙科夫对欧洲国家民族独立自由的尊重，表现了他不仅是一位爱国军事统帅，而且是俄国杰出的政冶家和外交家