From Joseph Conrad's great novel comes the story of a young seaman trying to helm a damaged boat to Singapore and dealing with many unfortunate events. While on command of the situation, he also devotes himself to help his failing crew and some of the boat's many passengers, some of them who are in poor health conditio…

修伯特是個十幾歲的男孩，他的父親因為滯留在西方不肯回國而被視為叛國賊，母親為了他著想，忍痛將他送到華沙跟姑姑同住。在波蘭共黨高壓統治的時代，這個高貴、難解卻又叛逆的姑姑經營了一家馬術俱樂部，她不但不准男孩叫他姑姑，還為他編造了一段符合政治正確的身世，讓他順利插班就讀。過去在母親嚴格要求正直誠實的教養下成長的修伯特，從姑…