查理（查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰）是靠着在街头卖艺维生的小混混，一天，一个名叫利比（费雯·丽 Vivien Leigh 饰）企图抢走查理的卖艺所得，结果被后者抓住，两人不打不相识，查理可怜无家可归流落街头的利比，于是答应带着利比一起表演。　　聪明的利比有用极高的表演天赋，

　　In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is D