TV adaptation of the classic epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos about gambling with human emotions, where love is not a feeling, but an erotic game. The beautiful, bright and intelligent, but perfectly mischievous Marquise de Mertuil (E. Vášáryová) and her charming and equally depraved and ruthless friend, the master of seduction Vicomte de Valmont (J. Kukura) play a cynical game full of intrigue. The marquise is willing to devote one night full of passion to the viscount. However, on the condition that the viscount first deflowers the innocent Cecile de Volanges, who is to marry her former lover. In the end, they themselves become victims of their own dangerous game.