雙面人格

 愛爾蘭，Redmond Barry(瑞安·奧尼爾 Ryan O'Neal 飾）從小和母親寄居在舅舅家，后來愛上了他的表姐Nora。Nora的父親卻想把她許配給一個英格蘭將軍John Quin。于是Barry向Quin提出決斗，決斗中Barry射中了Quin，誤以為將他殺 死了，匆忙逃離家鄉。路上他遭遇搶劫，走投無路只能加入英國軍隊。在軍隊中他才得知，其實Quin并沒有死。Barry從英軍中出逃，卻加入了普魯士軍。戰爭結束后他成了普魯士軍官Potzdorf的心腹，更讓他去監視一個在普魯士的愛爾蘭間諜。Barry卻和這個愛爾蘭騎士惺惺相惜，愛爾蘭騎士帶他出入賭場，收獲頗豐。Barry覺得自己應該找個有錢的女人，于是盯上了Lyndon爵士的夫人Lady Lyndon。Lyndon爵士病重身亡，一年后，Barry和Lady Lyndon結婚，也成了一名貴族，改名為Barry Lyndon。但Lyndon爵士和Lady Lyndon的兒子Bullingdon卻十分不喜歡Barry，Barry也預感到自己的未來將會毀于Bullingdon手中.....

　　A narcissistic performer's world crumbles when he mysteriously loses his talent right before the biggest opportunity of his career.

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.