In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her...

　　在与挪威的战役中，苏格兰国王邓肯（Nicholas Selby 饰）的表弟麦克白表现出色，被加封为爵士。早在授爵之前，麦克白（Jon Finch 饰）和朋友班柯（Martin Shaw 饰）就已从三个女巫那里听说他将加封并最终成为国王的预言。预言的实现勾起麦克白心底隐藏的欲望，随后他和夫人（Francesca Annis 饰）杀害了来他城堡做客的国王，并嫁祸国王的随从。两个王子隐隐感到暗杀背后...