艾格尼丝（哈里特·安德森 Harriet Andersson饰）、玛丽亚（丽芙·乌曼 Liv Ullmann饰）和卡琳（英格里德·图林 Ingrid Thulin饰）虽然是三姊妹，各人内心却有着积重难返的隔膜和疏离。艾格尼丝身患绝症，生命将近，守护在她身边的是女仆安娜。艾格尼丝没有得到过母亲完整的爱，死前妄想让关系紧张的姐妹变得珍爱彼此，却一再事与愿违。
　　玛丽亚是最得母亲宠爱的孩子，因此遭到姐妹的嫉妒。她的感情生活处理的一塌糊涂，在丈夫和情人之间徘徊周旋。她对爱越是拥有，就越是贪婪。
　　卡琳的生活更是充满压抑。和丈夫的关系陷入僵局，令她沉沦于自虐。
　　和好的愿望太过遥远，她们想摆脱生活的阴影，重新拉近彼此的心，却发现隔膜似乎不可打破。

　　每年，伯爵夫人都会邀请一个贫穷的意大利家庭打牌。

　　心理学家克里斯•凯尔文（Donatas Banionis 饰）在飞往索拉瑞斯星之前来到儿时的父母家与当年的索拉瑞斯飞行员亨利•伯顿（Vladislav Dvorzhetsky 饰）见面。伯顿警告凯尔文索拉瑞斯星上会有不可思议的奇事发生，但后者并不以为意。凯尔文离开前，当 着父亲（尼古莱•格陵柯Nikolai Grinko 饰）的面焚毁了自己的个人物品。凯尔文到达索拉瑞斯星附近的太空站后，对科学家奇巴瑞安博士（Sos Sargsyan 饰）之死进行调查，却发现自己多年前已经去世的妻子哈莉（Natalya Bondarchuk 饰）竟突然出现。惊慌失措的凯尔文与太空站上的科学家们讨论该如何面对怪事，却发现原来每人都深受其扰，不明就里……
　　本片被提名1972年戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，并获同年戛纳电影节评委会大奖和国际影评人协会大奖。

　　Fernando Di Leo's "Milano Calibro 9" is an out-and-out masterpiece of Italian Crime cinema and, in my opinion, one of the most astonishing crime stories ever told. The first film in Di Leo's excellent 'Milieu' trilogy, "Milano Calibro 9" was followed by "La Mala Ordina" (aka. "Manhunt", also 1972) and the brilliant "Il Boss" (1973). The three films are not connected story-wise, but all three are excellent, and highly realistic portrayals of organized crime. As far as I am concerned "Manhunt" is (allthough excellent) slightly inferior to this one and "Il Boss" which both stand out as absolute all-time highlights of crime cinema. "Milano Calibro 9" is the best of them all, a film that is astonishing in all aspects, be it the ingenious plot that, apart from a compelling story and clever twists, includes social criticism, the performances, the gritty atmosphere and suspense or the brilliant score. I can hardly find the right words to express my admiration for this masterpiece which easily ranks among the greatest Gangster flicks ever brought to screen.
　　Gastone Moschin stars as Ugo Piazza, a tough and elliptical ex-convict who has just been released from prison. Immediately after his release, Ugo is approached by members of the Milan mob lead by the irascible gangster Rocco (Mario Adorf), as they suspect him to be responsible for the disappearance of a large sum of money belonging to their boss, an American (Lionel Stander) who controls the organized crime in Milan...
　　"Milano Calibro 9" is a film that delivers an astonishingly realistic mood of the underworld like hardly another. The intriguing storyline goes in hand with interesting characters, raw atmosphere, suspense and breathtaking action, social criticism and brutal violence. The film is simply stunning from the beginning to the end, which is even intensified by the brilliant score, a collaboration of the famous composer Luis Enríquez Bacalov and the Italian Progressive Rock band Osanna. Ugo Piazza must be one of the most charismatic gangster characters ever in cinema, and Gastone Moschin was the prefect choice for the role. Moschin delivers a brilliant performance, and the rest of the cast is also great. Mario Adorf is irascible like a rabid dog as the ferocious gangster Rocco, a role that fits him like a glove. The great Lionel Stander fits perfectly in his role of the American Mafia Don.
　　The two cop characters in the film are played by two of the greatest regulars of Italian genre-cinema, Luigi Pistilli and Frank Wolff (who committed suicide before the film was released). The ravishing Barbara Bouchet is astonishing and incredibly sexy in the role of Ugo Piazza's stripper girlfriend. Bouchet is both a stunning beauty and an excellent actress and this is doubtlessly one of her most memorable roles. This is also a political film and director Di Leo embedded a lot of social criticism about topics like corruption. This film simply has everything one can possibly desire in cinema. Films like "Milano Calibro 9" are the reason why I love cinema. This is an absolute masterpiece in all regards and, without exaggeration, one of the greatest Crime flicks ever made! The ingenious opening scene alone is more memorable than most films get in two hours.