Barry Lyndon charts the rise and fall of a sensitive and dashing rogue, The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.
Forced to leave Ireland after killing an English officer in a duel, handsome young Redmond Barry (O’Neal) seeks his fortune as a soldier in Prussia, as a spy then as a gambler living among the elite of Europe.
He changes his name and marries an aristocrat (Berenson) for her wealth, but the acceptance he seeks finally eludes him.