As soon as Muzamil is born in a village in Sudan, a saint in the village predicts, “This child will die of twenty.” Unable to accept the curse, under the overprotection of his single mother, Muzamil...

18世纪中叶，日不落帝国英吉利将触角伸向古老的中国，并通过大量输入鸦片来掠夺钱财。白银大量流向国外，中国人民却被鸦片毒害得愈加羸弱。在清廷内部，以穆扎阿（夏天 饰）为首的投降派和以林则徐（赵丹 饰）为首的抵抗派针锋相对，斗争激烈。道光皇帝眼见天朝因鸦片所害渐渐羸弱，因而大力支持林则徐的禁烟政策，并任命其为钦差大臣前往广州查禁鸦片。林则徐来到广州后雷厉风行，令行禁止，让一度藐视他的英国鸦片商人大为惊...