本片是BBC的自制电视电影,取材自英国当代文学大师克里斯托弗·伊舍伍德的自传小说。原著记录了克里斯托弗(Matt Smith 饰)从1929-1939十年间游历欧洲(尤其是德国)的见闻,直到1939年他动身前往中国。电影着重描写他如何从盖世太保手里救下令他神魂颠倒的扫地男孩汉兹(Douglas Booth 饰)的经过。其间穿插他与摩登女郎罗丝(Imogen Poots 饰)的真挚友谊以及和犹太富贾鲍比(Will Kemp 饰)的萍水相逢,比较全面的刻画了在纳粹阴影的笼罩下作家旅居柏林的各种际遇。In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his ...