出品(pǐn )时(☔)间：1936年(🦎)
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to secure Home Rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the relationship with married Katie O'Shea which threatens to bring all Parnell's plans to ruin. Moderately accurate historically
John Ellman (Boris Karloff) has been framed for murder by a gang of racketeers. He is unfairly tried and despite the fact that his innocence has been proven, he is sent to the electric chair and executed. Dr. Evan Beaumont (Edmund Gwenn) retrieves his dead body and revives it, as part of his experiments to reanimate a dead body and discover what happens to the soul after death.
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伯爵夫人Marie Walewska在(zài )华沙(🛠)举行的(🎵)(de )一个舞会上(shàng )结识了(😺)Napoleon Bonaparte（拿(ná(🏚) )破仑·波纳(nà )伯特）(🥕)。两(liǎng )人(🐇)两(liǎng )月前曾打过(guò )照(🎋)面，当其(💱)(qí(🤨) )时彼此心里(lǐ )都留(🔍)下了美(🎢)(mě(🌅)i )好印象。Napoleon留(liú )意到(✔)Marie和(👖)她丈(zhà(🔣)ng )夫(💄)年(nián )纪差一大把(😏)(bǎ(🖼) )。于是他(🛀)试(shì )图用自己的(de )魅力(🎮)来引诱(📻)(yòu )她，但是没有成功。对(🏸)(duì )于他(🔚)(tā )频繁的来信(xìn )，Marie一概(🍲)置之(zhī(🍍) )不理。直到(dào )某天，波兰(lán )冷血(🤟)当权者(💵)Malachowski的手(shǒu )下来拜访，告诫(🍢)她为了(🗺)(le )波兰的利益(yì )去接受(🛐)Napoleon的追(zhuī(🌅) )求。于是她(tā )同意了。她(✡)(tā )丈夫(📐)(fū(🈹) )闻后不堪其(qí )辱，去(🎒)了罗(luó(📏) )马(🛥)教廷废除(chú )婚姻(📉)关(➖)系。
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