在得奖首作《索尔之子》以破格观点呈现纳粹集中营的人间地狱后,拉斯洛·奈迈施将深焦镜头再推前,凝视一战的世道崩塌。神秘孤女爱丽丝来到布达佩斯,欲在亡父创立的帽子名店求职竟被拒门外,由此开展一趟追寻兄长恶魔幽灵之旅,重回过去,揭开家族的隐藏真相。延续前作风格,长镜紧随爱丽丝穿梭暗黑时空,聚焦局限观点、狭窄视角,如梦魇般朦胧影像的压迫感袭人而来;以家族老店残留的微光,斜照文明的殒落。。To Max Ophüls this was an assignment (from the UFA), a pure routine job. One hardly recognizes the later Ophüls in this film (shortly made before his masterpiece "Liebelei"), but still Ophüls made this routine job into a well-paced, stylish and sometimes extremely funny romantic comedy| he probably could not do it any other way. The script is fine with some hilarious dialogue. ...。