In 1861, Countess Angelina, ruler of Bergamo in southeastern Europe, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome Hungarian invader, Colonel Teglash, who commandeers the castle to give his exhausted soldiers a rest, but later falls in love with the owner of the place. 　　The film was Lubitsch's first musical project since directing The Merry Widow for MGM in 1934. It proved to be his last film. Eight days after principal photography began, he died of a heart attack, and Otto Preminger, who had completed A Royal Scandal when Lubitsch was forced to withdraw due to illness in 1944, took over the reins. He stipulated sole screen credit should go to Lubitsch "as a mark of respect and admiration for the departed master." 　　译文(3): 1861年，欧洲东南部贝加莫的统治者安吉丽娜伯爵夫人被匈牙利军队入侵时不知所措。她长得很像的祖先弗朗西丝卡，300年前挽救了类似的情况，为了帮助她的后代，她从一幅画像中复活了。复杂的因素：这位新婚的伯爵夫人对英俊的匈牙利入侵者特格拉什上校感到奇怪的吸引力，他强占城堡让疲惫的士兵休息，但后来爱上了这个地方的主人。