即将退休的老侦探沙摩塞和新人侦探密尔斯，一同调查与天主教“七宗罪”相关的连环案件。凶手约翰·杜以极端严厉的方式惩罚他认为有过失的人，随着调查深入，密尔斯的妻子翠茜遭到不幸事件，密尔斯在愤怒之下开枪击中约翰，自己也因“情绪失控”被关入监狱。

即将退休的老侦探沙摩塞和新人侦探密尔斯，一同调查与天主教“七宗罪”相关的连环案件。凶手约翰·杜以极端严厉的方式惩罚他认为有过失的人，随着调查深入，密尔斯的妻子翠茜遭到不幸事件，密尔斯在愤怒之下开枪击中约翰，自己也因“情绪失控”被关入监狱。

愤怒、嫉妒、暴食、好色、懒惰、虚荣、小气，这七宗罪历来被很多国家电影人搬上银幕，最新的也许是那个美国版本，而最经典的，可能就是这部1962年的集锦片了。当时，法国新浪潮的旗帜刚刚举起，很多新晋导演还没能够充分展示自己的实力，这样一部集合众多人才的短片集锦无疑是向观众、也是向制片人展示自己的最好机会。每个故事都紧扣主题，或者夸张或者讽刺或者幽默或者绝望，七个简单的名词，使影片先有了一半的戏剧性，接下来就要看导演的风格、兴趣和功力了。大概是出于商业目的，影片中大部分都是喜剧性的小故事，最夸张的莫过于由欧洲现代戏剧大师尤内斯库编剧、协助导演的“愤怒”故事，各种夸张笑话都集合在这部导演、明星荟萃的超级大拼盘里。

由于违逆神的“傲慢”之罪，大天使路西法被打入地狱，成为了“堕天使”。不止如此，在地狱的最下层“万魔殿”，统治地狱的魔王们封印了路西法的力量。路西法虽然失去一切，但她带领着仰慕她的嫉妒之魔王利维坦以及在地面上遇到的女高中生十束真莉亚，化作“傲慢之魔王路西法”展开了向七魔王发起反击的旅程。美艳的魔王们带来的，围绕着“七大罪”的默示录就此开幕。

A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins---actually eight as two of the sins are covered in one episode while a new "eighth unknown sin" has an episode of its own. Gerald Philipe is a wry, flip carnival barker who introduces each episode and then narrates the last episode dealing with the "eighth unknown sin" which is the sin of thinking evil where none exists. The first Italian contribution is "Avarice and Anger" concerning a well-to-do real estate agent and his frowzy wife, both uncompromisingly selfish in love and economics; the second Italian entry, "Envy", directed by Roberto Rossellini, from a story by Colette, is a glimpse into the newly-married life of an aging artist and his young wife, whom he treats as a chattel and she, consumed by the envy of his talent, friends and even his cat, tries to do away with the cat; "Pride" is about a couple of down-at-the-heels aristocrats trying to keep up pretenses in the face of utter poverty; "Lust" shows the devastating effects of careless adult behavior on an impressionable child; "Sloth" shows the powers above deciding that life on earth is moving at a too-fast pace and they send an emissary to slow things down, while "Gluttony" is a burlesque piece that the reviewers of the day called in bad taste.

Superbia — The Pride is the first of the Seven Deadly Sins. 　　The introduction is made thorugh early allegorical forms and figures (triumphal procession, dance of death, Baroque tragedy etc.) The triumphal procession of the giant haystack as a symbol of human vanities becomes a military parade of abrupt, functional and arrogant gestures. The most diverse musical fragments and rhythms intone the montage of details in the staged triumphal procession, juxtaposed with documentary images, including marches, ticker-tape parades and military review.

Superbia — The Pride is the first of the Seven Deadly Sins. 　　The introduction is made thorugh early allegorical forms and figures (triumphal procession, dance of death, Baroque tragedy etc.) The triumphal procession of the giant haystack as a symbol of human vanities becomes a military parade of abrupt, functional and arrogant gestures. The most diverse musical fragments and rhythms intone the montage of details in the staged triumphal procession, juxtaposed with documentary images, including marches, ticker-tape parades and military review.