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.
撒(sā(🍮) )旦狂(🛌)想曲 Rapsodia Satanica（1915）是由Nino Oxilia的最(zuì(🥗) )后(hò(🌉)u )执(zhí )导的一部电影，此(🎇)片无(😟)疑(yí )是(shì )早期意大利(🥧)电影(🥒)最优秀的(de )成(chéng )果(guǒ )之(🦗)一。
Une mè(🔠)re perd d'abord son fils, puis son mari dans les tranchées françaises de la Première Guerre mondiale. Elle se dévoue alors à la cause française en venant en aide aux blessés de guerre.
Walt Disney's 7th and last retelling of an old British fairytale from the Laugh-O-Gram Studio. Jack is trying to impress Susie by showing her a story how he will win her heart.
取(qǔ(💵) )材自(📥)欧洲民间的古老传说(🛹)(shuō )，由(🍼)霍尔格•德莱克曼（(🐽)Holger Drachmann）创(🏘)(chuàng )作为五幕童话剧，德(🏓)莱叶(🥙)(yè )改(gǎi )编(biān )并搬上银(⭐)幕。
阪(😝)东以惊人(rén )的(de )感染力(😪)，将一(😙)个屡(⏬)遭背叛(pàn )、沦落(💋)天涯(😚)的江(🔩)湖浪人身上(shàng )具(jù )有(👭)(yǒu )受(🗃)虐倾向的虚无主义表(🥙)(biǎo )演(💭)(yǎn )得(dé )淋漓尽致。
贫苦(🤫)的小(🔤)镇上(shàng )，传教士极力想(✏)解救(😳)痛苦的(de )灵(líng )魂，却受尽(👃)镇民(🚲)讪笑怒骂(mà )。小(xiǎo )镇青(🐭)年在(🐡)损友的怂恿下，逐(zhú )渐(🈚)步入(⛱)犯罪边缘，笃信上(shàng )帝(💥)(dì )的(🎻)女友也随之陷入绝望(🤺)，传(chuá(🆘)n )教(jiāo )士及时阻止年轻(🚀)人的(🚜)犯(fà(🅱)n )行(háng )，并缓缓道出(🎃)自己(🈚)的荒(🥟)唐过(guò )去(qù )。 为了(😃)凸显(🐮)明星魅力(lì )，影(yǐng )片甚(🤑)至以(🛣)演员研读剧本(běn )、揣(🌼)(chuāi )摩(🛶)角色开场，并在背景投(🛤)(tóu )射(☔)(shè )出主角在片中的剧(🏮)情转(🕷)折(shé )。因为欧洲各地民(🏸)情的(🧝)差异(yì )，结(jié )局便拍了(🔗)三种(🚛)版本，三种(zhǒng )结(jié )局也(😛)反映(🛍)出丹麦、俄罗斯(sī )、(🍀)瑞典(🐛)完全不同的民族性。