19世纪中叶,西班牙巴斯克地区一个偏远所在。衣着考究的阿尔弗雷德·奥提兹(Ramón Agirre 饰)来到了当地一个小镇,他自称为省政府工作,此行的目的是找当第一个外号“铁锤”的铁匠帕尔西·弗朗西斯科(坎迪多·乌兰加 Kandido Uranga 饰)了解事情。从当地 人口中得知,铁锤脾气暴躁,不好相处,他所在的铁匠铺已成废墟,传言中这个铁匠更被人们视作魔鬼。未过多久,小镇的男人弄清了奥提兹的真实意图,原来数年前的西班牙资产阶级革命后,传言卡洛斯的黄金就隐藏在铁匠铺中。利欲熏心的镇民和奥提兹前往铁匠铺,却不知这里正是地狱魔鬼出没的恐怖所在…… 本片根据西班牙民间故事改编。Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil is a re-telling of an ancient fable about a Blacksmith who finds himself battling the Devil. In this story the Blacksmith has captured a demon and lives a life of hermit-like seclusion away from the prying eyes of the townsfolk. All is going well until a desperate little girl, Usue, accidentally stumbles across the devil and unknowingly releases him. It is then left to the Blacksmith to reclaim his bounty, but this is easier said than done as he also finds himself at the end of a lynch mob that have come searching for the missing Usue.