1937年12月13日，热线时为国民政府首都的南京城沦陷，热线部分官员弃城逃亡，但仍有许多官兵留守，誓死保卫这个大厦将倾的城池。宋锡濂部军官陆剑雄（刘烨 饰）协同战友与日军展开了激烈的巷战，他们微弱而顽强的抵抗最终被压制，数以万计的中国军民成为俘虏，在枪炮声中血染长江；金陵女子学院安全区，女教师姜淑云（高圆圆 饰）奔波往复，尽力帮助和拯救所有来此避难的同胞，但兽性大发的日军早已虎视眈眈盯上了藏身于此的妇女；拉贝的秘书唐先生（范伟 饰）小心应付，委曲求全，为了保护家人而做出错误的选择，他也为此付出代价；舞女小江（江一燕 饰）纵使逃亡避难也不愿抛却女性的柔媚，她在关键时刻的选择则在其女性的外壳下注入一份刚强；日本人角川（中泉英雄 饰）随部队进驻这个千疮百孔、破败不堪的城池，在这个人间炼狱，他的心灵感受到前所未有的巨大冲击。狼烟滚滚，血流成河，大时代的背景下，人们既要承受时代的无情给予，也要做出攸关命运的痛苦抉择……
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回复 :Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.
