本片讲述了以“逃兵”身份为掩饰的信使张祚在执行送信的秘密任务时，在黄沙渡客栈遭遇艰难险境。在家国危亡之际，各路侠客纷纷出手相助，成功帮助信使张祚送出密信，拯救了百姓，自己却牺牲大漠的武侠故事。。Fårö Document 1979 is the ten-year followup to the first documentary Bergman made about his adopted home, Fårö, where he filmed many of his best works and lived until the end of his life。