Two smugglers meet two customs officers at sea, and happen to kill them. The story continues fifteen years later when a son of one of the officers and a smuggler's daughter fall in love with each ...

故事发生在新年来临之夜，传说每年的这个夜晚，死神就会来到人间挑选一个罪孽深重的人来驾驶他的马车。这次被选到的是个抛妻弃子又嗜酒如命的流浪汉，在流浪汉由于自己的作风问题而即将被夺走生命时，一个孱弱的修女用基督之爱拯救了他...