The story is a man who spends the night in a sinister Wax Museum.
美国(guó(🐖) )南(㊗)北(běi )战争时期，南(🍨)方庄(📟)园主(zhǔ )卡梅(✳)(méi )伦一家原本过着(🌐)安逸(🧘)的(de )生活(huó )。卡梅隆(🕘)和斯通曼家的(🤪)(de )孩子(👇)(zǐ )同(tóng )在一所寄(🗼)宿学(🤵)校念书(shū )，接(jiē(🕓) )触(chù )中，年轻的本(🌅)杰明(💠)·卡(kǎ )梅(mé(🐉)i )隆(lóng )（亨利·B·沃(🙂)斯奥(🛀) Henry B. Walthall饰）和(hé )埃(āi )尔(🤧)西(🖼)·斯通曼（(🧓)丽莲(⬅)·吉(jí )许(xǔ ) Lillian Gish饰）(🔕)互生情愫。然而不久(🏘)(jiǔ )南(nán )北战争爆(⏫)发。本(🈷)杰明参加(jiā(👘) )了(🚳)(le )南方军队，奔赴前(📓)线，与(🎰)北(běi )方的(de )昔(😎)日好友斯通曼（拉(🤩)尔(ě(🥂)r )夫·李维斯 Ralph Lewis饰）(🈳)成了敌手。战后(🎾)(hòu )，黑(🆑)人烧杀抢掠。本杰(♟)(jié )明(⚓)组(zǔ )织(zhī )三K党(✔)，对黑人进行报(bà(😶)o )复，粉(🙉)(fěn )碎了建立(🍧)所谓的“黑人(rén )王(wá(📵)ng )国(guó(📱) )”的阴谋。本杰明与(😜)埃(āi )尔(ěr )西(xī(🍣) )这对(📄)患难情侣也终于(🚡)走(zǒu )到(dào )了(le )一起。他(⏯)们的结合，预示(shì(🤪) )着(zhe )一(🧛)个新的国家(🔌)的(🦏)诞生和统(tǒng )一(yī(😊) )。
根据(🕦)谢苗·所罗(〰)门诺维奇(qí )·尤(yó(⏰)u )什克(🚒)维奇（Семё(🍧)н Солом(🈚)о́(💡)нович Юш(💧)ке(📊)́вич）的(⏮)同名(míng )小说(shuō )改(🈚)(gǎi )编(🕉)
故事发生在(🤫)新年来(lái )临之(zhī )夜(🕓)(yè )，传(🖇)说每年的这个夜(✨)晚(wǎn )，死(sǐ )神就(🤧)会来(🍵)到人间挑选一(yī(〽) )个(gè )罪(zuì )孽深重的(🐃)人来驾驶他的(de )马(👓)(mǎ )车(👴)(chē )。这次被选(🍇)到(😴)的是个抛妻(qī )弃(🏒)(qì )子(🎷)又嗜酒如命(🕊)的流浪汉，在(zài )流浪(👕)汉由(🐏)于自己的作风问(🐣)题(tí )而即(jí )将(🅿)被夺(🍽)走生命时，一个(gè(😳) )孱弱(🔒)(ruò )的修女用基(🚗)督之爱拯救(jiù )了(🥍)他(tā(🧜) )
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.
德国移民(😖)的名导演埃(āi )里克(🚤)(kè )．(🍾)冯．施特罗海姆(👙)花费(fèi )了一(yī(💦) )百(bǎ(💿)i )三十万美元和十(👀)一个月(yuè )的(de )时(shí )间(🚾)摄制而成的超级(🥤)文艺(💸)(yì )片(piàn )，原拷(🖊)贝(🏿)长达五小时，公(gō(💬)ng )开(kā(😝)i )上(shàng )映时浓(⛲)缩成三小时半。由(yó(🎡)u )于(yú(🔕) )耗资惊人，好莱坞(📷)大亨本(běn )来(lá(🛋)i )对埃(🦀)里克颇有微词，后(🤝)因本(👌)(běn )片获(huò )得意(🧣)外的卖座成功而(🏳)作(zuò(🔊) )罢。故事以1919年(🧦)的蒙地卡罗为(wéi )背(📆)景(jǐ(🕊)ng )。埃里克扮演一个(♏)欺骗(piàn )美国(guó(🍾) )外(wà(🔝)i )交官女儿的白俄(🦃)亲王(wáng )，靠(kào )着(zhe )剥削(🍟)他的情妇----一个貌(♿)丑(chǒ(😢)u )的(de )女(nǚ )仆为(🥡)生(🗑)。由于性虐待狂(kuá(♑)ng )的(de )驱(🧛)(qū )使，他强奸(🕡)了一个不幸(xìng )的(de )白(😵)(bái )痴(➖)女子。最后，他被人(🎻)杀(shā )死(sǐ )，他的(🈶)尸首(🕶)很有象征意义地(😲)(dì )被(👳)扔在臭水沟里(✔)。埃里克对(duì )自然(🧖)(rán )主(❌)义情有独钟(🕠)，希望把(bǎ )一切(qiē )情(♋)史都(🛴)在画面中表现出(chū )来。他特地在(⚽)加州(🏠)海边搭建(jiàn )起蒙(😢)(méng )地(dì )卡罗的赌场(🐛)和雄伟宫殿(diàn )的(👍)(de )布(bù(🕯) )景，并且在采光(🛰)上有十(shí )分(fèn )大(🧡)(dà )胆(📳)的处理方式(💯)。影像上(shàng )也(yě )富(fù(🔆) )于感(🍄)官刺激的煽情暴(👑)力场(chǎng )面(miàn )，甚(🏝)至劳(🍙)烦电检单位剪掉(🥞)(diào )了(le )其中的一些镜(🥨)头。在片中，埃里克(🕊)用一(💐)种辛酸的悲(🔊)观主(zhǔ )义眼(yǎn )光来(〽)观察(🤣)人类，对上层(🔯)(céng )社会(huì )的腐朽和(🚱)封建(🎒)作出激烈(liè )的抨(🕊)(pēng )击，流露出一种愤(🕯)而感(gǎn )伤的(de )怜(liá(🥠)n )悯色(🔄)彩。而对低下层(⏱)的(de )人(rén )物(wù )和被(🤩)骗上(🤷)当的女子，则(🏥)(zé )寄(jì )予(yǔ )同情的(🚘)关注(😵)，表现出独(dú )特(tè(🥓) )的(de )“埃里克式人(🚠)道主(♈)义精神(shén )"。
This film begins with the invocation of 'almighty god' at a river where several people are gathered. The child god Krishna rises out of the water astride the demon snake Kaliya. Then we see Yashoda as she rocks the sleeping Krishna's crib and imagines the god as Gopala. The next scene shows Kamsa fantasizing about Krishna threateningly duplicated many times around him. Kamsa then imagines himself dead as his severed head rises up and descends again. People of all castes pay obeisance to the deity with the title-card: 'may this humble offering be accepted by the Lord'. Written by Sujit R. Varma
动画名(🌝)家北山清太郎的早(⛵)(zǎo )期(qī )作品，与1918年(🐅)2月15日(♐)放映。