希特勒（Noah Taylor）从小立志要当杰出画家，一名犹太美术老师（John Cusack）未能成功开启他的艺术天份，才促使了希特勒日后投效政坛呼风唤雨，电影主要着墨在两人亦师亦友的关系上。

　　After a childhood that would have broken weaker girls, Jane Eyre finds a respectable position as governess to the ward of the enigmatic Mr. Rocheste