开片是说书人因聚众滋事，亚洲被警察（黄霑 饰）带到了警局问话，亚洲借说书人之口讲述了粤剧金牌编剧——南海十三郎艺海浮沉的一生。作为江太史公的十三子，江誉镠（谢君豪 饰）自由顽皮，出入名流场所。一次偶然的舞会，他遇到了上海的千金小姐莉莉（吴绮莉 饰），然而双方有缘相逢，无 份结亲。后来，他跟随她来到上海，竟落得穷困潦倒。2年后，回到了广东的家中，他已被学校除名。当时太史公已经年事已高，他便天天去看戏，从不受戏班老板薛老五赏识，到后来成为御用编剧一鸣惊人，人送绰号——南海十三郎。然而，时局动荡，他到了江西写剧本慰劳前线战士，因看不过同行媚俗之作，愤然出手，不欢而散。这时一次车祸，让他与昔日恋人重逢，可惜她已嫁给老外。十三郎郁郁寡欢，后来入寺修行，却在一次代人祈福的对话中，得知了自己家道中落的败局，他疯了……
李春波
回复 :本片是根据法斯宾德同名话剧改编。“卡策马赫尔”是德国当地人对外籍劳工的蔑称，暗示外籍工人的性行为就象一只发情的雄猫一样，有人甚至因此而将该片译为“阳具艺术家”。“局外人不仅只是必需忍受孤寂的侵蚀，同时也不得不去对抗来自群体的偏见和敌意，这是法斯宾德早期作品中的重要主题。”同时，影片移植于“反戏剧剧团”的带有先锋色彩的形式感也趋于成熟。世界著名电影刊物《画面与音响》的记者评论到：“看过《卡策马赫尔》之后可以断言，法斯宾德是一个真正的天才，他在戈达尔与施特劳布所做出的开创性业绩的基础上，正开拓着新的天地。”
吴世俊
回复 :十九世纪七十到八十年代，曾参加过普丹战争的丹麦军官Gunner Dinesen（维果·莫腾森），带着青春期女儿Ingeborg（Viilbjørk Mollie Malling）从丹麦来到阿根廷，加入阿根廷军队，参加征服沙漠之战，女儿却跟一个阿根廷士兵私奔，生死未卜，他从此踏上了荒漠里的绝望寻女之路。
武艺
回复 :The setting is Vienna in 1914 before the outbreak of war. The aristocratic and somewhat jaded Prince Nicki, pursued by all the ladies, begins a flirtation with Mitzi, a crippled harpist who works in a suburban wine-garden, and who is in turn idolized by Schani, an uncouth and violently jealous butcher. Their first encounter significantly takes place in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral on Corpus Christi day, with Nicki among the emperor's cavalry regiment. Later, in the refracted light of falling apple blossoms in the wine-garden--scenes of a distilled, ethereal beauty--Nicki gradually wins her faith and love. Meanwhile, amidst the sumptuous and corrupt milieu of the family palace, Nicki is drawn into complicity against his will, as his unscrupulous mother informs him he must marry Cecelia, the daughter of a wealthy commoner, in order to revive the family fortune. Mitzi has a vision of The Iron Man (a symbol of the declining power and position of the Hapsburg dynasty) and falls before the crucifix in fear; but her love remains steadfast, and she protests her faith though abused by her mother and Schani. Infuriated by her rejection, Schani threatens to kill Nicki on his wedding day unless Mitzi agrees to marry him. Following the processional splendor of the cathedral wedding, Schani appears to carry out his threat, but Mitzi arrives in time to stop him; and through the downpouring rain Nicki sadly gazes on his true love in the crowd as he drives away with his bride.
