Film je posnet po istoimenskem ameriškem romanu avtorja Nathaniela Hawthorna iz leta 1850.Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) je zapustila svojo domovino Anglijo in začenja novo življenje v novem svetu. Poročena je z zdravnikom Rogerjem Prynnom (Robert Duvall), a v kolonijo v Massachusetts Bayu prispe sama in upa, da se ji bo mož kmalu pridružil. Neustrašna Hester kmalu izzove nezadovoljstvo pri konservativnih meščanih. Ko izve, da naj bi njenega moža na poti k njej ubili Indijanci, se s pridigarjem Arthurjem Dimmesdalom (Gary Oldman) zaplete v strastno romanco in kmalu zanosi ...
In 1666 in the Massachusetts Bay colony, Puritans and Algonquian have an uneasy truce. Hester arrives from England, seeking independence. Awaiting her husband, she establishes independence, fixing up a house, befriending Quakers and other outsiders. Passion draws her to a young pastor. He feels the same; when they learn her husband has probably died at the hands of Indians, they consummate their love. A child is born, and on the day Hester is publicly humiliated and made to wear a scarlet letter, her husband appears after a year with Indians. Calling himself Chillingworth, he seeks revenge, searching out Hester's lover and stirring fears of witchcraft. Will his murderous plot succeed?
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