该影片基于Marilyn Bell（Caroline Dhavernas饰演）的真实故事改编。Marilyn Bell当时16岁，春暖是一名游泳健将，春暖她正尝试成为第一个游泳横渡安大略湖的人。但当时美国还有位顶级游泳选手Florence Chadwick，与她一同在这场特殊的游泳马拉松中竞争第一。因为Florence Chadwick身经百战，所以大部分人都认为她会获取最终的胜利。但出乎意料的是，由于Florence Chadwick对途中艰险程度的轻视，导致了她退出了比赛，而Marilyn Bell坚持到了最后，最终成为了横渡安大略湖第一人。
回复 :清朝未年，居住在英国占领地新街的邓二被英军惊吓后气绝身亡。今日此地变成了建筑工地的楼盘，邓三的鬼魂经常出来捣蛋，令工人们不敢开工。新任工程师林丰与邓三不打不成相识，竟结为莫逆，工程亦得以顺利开工。奠基礼将由一政要前来剪彩，但是一个来自未来世界的女郎珊珊突然出现，并要杀死林丰，因为林卡要在奠基礼上杀死那位政要，将对社会产生极坏的影响。可是，珊珊又得知自己童年时曾被林丰搭救，心中十分矛盾。随着奠基礼日期的临近，珊珊的预言一步步显现，于是，清朝的鬼魂邓二、今天的建筑师林丰、未来世界的珊珊3人为了补救未来共同携起手来。
回复 :社会动荡不安的唐朝未年，每18年举行一次的武林赏善罚恶大会上，武林十大前辈选出移花宫主为担任赶杀十大恶人重任的武侠义士，不料却遭到突至的宫主夫君燕南天的阻止。宫主以一招之差落败燕南天后夫妻反目，立誓18年后将授一门人杀尽十恶。为感谢燕南天的救命之恩，十大恶人担起扶养其儿子小鱼儿（刘德华）的重任，并欲把他培养成天下最恶之人。宫主则收养了花无缺（林青霞），边授其武功边灌输男人都该杀的思想。18年过去，十大恶人与宫主分别命小鱼儿与花无缺在新一届赏善罚恶大会上争夺盟主，两人的生活轨迹开始交叉。
回复 :“It is a film from an extended series. It is hard to say who is the main character of “The Soviet Elegy.” There are more than a hundred faces of our compatriots. But, of course, it is not by chance that it is the destiny of a famous political figure, Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, that bears a special accent in the film. Though he got to power following quite typical ways, his uncommon character puts him out of the ordinary, and in the author’s opinion it may be determined by his uncommon human nature. Our hero exists within the tragic pattern of the soviet socialist life. He is a character of a drama, of which he is one of the authors. “The Soviet Elegy” can hardly be called a documentary film in the proper sense. Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of chronology, but he insists on an artistic mode of thinking, not on a political or historical investigation.”
