Catherine is a servant girl working for the local mayor and victim of the sharp tongues of the mayor's wife and her friends. This is made clear in a first scene where she is asked to get the key of the mayor's desk at a cultural party the wife is attending. She is harassed by the whole elite who dislike the intrusion of the maid. In this scene it's made clear also that the wife has a secret lover who will later challenge the mayor's political career and will use Catherine as a scapegoat for his own ambitions. This role of "bad guy" is played by Renoir himself. The mayor who is fond of Catherine and is afraid that she'll be more victimized by his wife asks his sister to give Catherine a position in her own household. The sister has a son with tuberculosis (role played by Dieudonné). He's so weak he has no success with women of his class but of course Catherine will like instantly this fragile man. He dies after kissing Catherine while the rest of the town is celebrating carnival. The kissing scene at the window mixed with the fireworks is a brilliant moment of silent melodrama. Catherine is in mourning and because of that driven away by the mayor's wife and her friends. It is indecent that a servant girl is in mourning and shows public affection for someone who is not from her own social status. The emotions of Catherine are the element of disorder in the social ordered world of the rich. Catherine goes away and hides in a cheap hotel in the city where she is also bullied by a local pimp who sees in her an easy target to exploit. By accident Catherine is seen in the hotel window with the pimp, so more reason for gossip by the elite. When she returns to the village looking for a job she is rejected everywhere, even by the local Christian relief organization of which the mayor's wife became president. She meets the mayor again who is shocked by the attitude of the town, takes her in his home again and promotes her to his secretary. The wife is furious of course and leaves her husband to live with her mother. It is start of a slander campaign against the political credibility of the mayor. The lover of the mayor's wife sees what is happening as a golden opportunity and makes a public attack on the moral character of the mayor (what's new under the sun?) Catherine wants to avoid the downfall of her protector and leaves the mayor, explaining herself in a note. She hides in an old tram for the rain while the mayor is driving around in his car frantically looking for the girl. Two vagabonds are thrown out of a pub and out of frustration push the tram car, so it starts a crazy race up and down the hills towards the bridge and the valley abyss. Catherine is already accepting her death but is saved in time by the mayor who has made his choice for the girl. The social implications of his choice are not shown but are clear for all.
A soldier of near-superhuman strength fights battles in the First World War and wages a private war to rescue a young woman from the castle where she is imprisoned.
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希(xī )腊神话(huà )，海伦(lún )与特洛伊(❤)的故事(⌛)
A scientist creates a mechanical man but thieves steal it and send it out to kill and destroy a city. The only way to stop the creature is by creating another mechanical man to destroy it. This Italian horror film seems to have had an influence on Fritz Lang's Metropolis, at least in the look of the robots. It's hard to really judge the film since so much of it is missing but they did a good job at taking the current length and adding enough background so that we know what's going on.
中国明(😦)代古装(🛎)历史影(➗)片(piàn ) 诗人挖(wā )目记 前法总理克理满沙编剧 留法中国电(diàn )影明星(xī(🦇)ng )徐琥主(🚣)演 前法(👹)总理克(👧)理满沙(😳)在欧战和议(yì )既成之(zhī )后，深(shēn )痛人类残杀之罪恶，联想所及，觉世界(⛰)(jiè )实现(🎎)之(zhī )事(🈶)实，皆足(💠)使明眼(🥑)人触目伤心，退著《诗人挖(wā )目记》（The Veil of Happiness）一剧，以 中国清代装(zhuāng )饰出演(yǎn )于法国(🔐)(guó )国家(🌕)大剧场(🚦)，颇受法(🌘)人之欢(💑)迎。时中国(guó )和会总(zǒng )代表陆征祥氏在法， 喜其剧情寓意深奥(ào )，嘱林(🦒)(lín )纾译(🚲)为华文(🕡)，题名《膜(🕧)外风光(🏐)》。书既(jì )发，留(liú )法学生(shēng )争往观剧，见演员垂辫之状，有(yǒu )辱国体(tǐ )，退(👆)而(ér )大(🍇)哗，举徐(🐒)琥告克(📷)氏，谓剧(🧦)情所(suǒ )述，系(xì )明代事(shì )，不可故误。克 氏乃请徐为顾问(wèn )，命剧(jù )场以明(míng )代(🥋)古装出(🚉)演，法人(🔄)欢迎，更(🔚)见热(rè(🌱) )烈。巴(bā )黎汉蜜(mì )莱影片公司 （Hamalaya Film Co.）总导演欲摄演之为影戏(xì )，聘任(rè(🥧)n )徐琥为(📗)副导演(🌰)，并请主(📸)演剧中(⛑)张怡一角(jiǎo )。 巴黎(lí )总领事(shì )廖叙时之弟廖世勤，及留法美术(shù )学生(🏯)华(huá )女(🏻)士赵(zhà(🥄)o )庭良李(🛒)福昌等(🐛)，闻讯自告奋勇，分任剧(jù )中诗春(chūn )夫人、杜夫、李刚、赵犯诸角，历时十(shí(🌗) )余月，用(🉑)费数十(🕐)万，全剧(🥪)始成。出(🚧)演之(zhī )日， 巴(bā )黎全市(shì )，如中狂热。今本院以巨价购运来沪，定三月(yuè(🧟) )十三日(✒)开演。凡(👠)欲认识(📧)克理满(🍄)沙氏之政(zhèng )治眼光(guāng )，及领(lǐng )略剧中之哲学意味者，不可不看(kàn )此明(🈷)代(dài )古(👫)装历(lì(🍘) )史片。静(🐵)安寺路(📺)夏令配克戏院 启(qǐ ) （《申(shēn )报》一(yī )九二六年三月十一日头版）