A heroic fantasy about an artist’s destiny at the tumultuous time of social transformations. One of director Alexander Mitta’s best films. The south of Russia, 1920. In a town square, a mono-performance is on, based on Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”. The film’s hero who took the pseudonym “Revarm”, which stands for “Revolutionary Art for the Masses”, is seriously interested in theatre. The real life and the stage one are intertwined in his destiny. In a provincial town where the power continuously changes hands, going from the Reds to the Whites, from the Whites to a band of the Greens, this youthful stage reformer, endowed with the gift of persuasion, attracts people to his cause, leaving no one indifferent.
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16岁的美丽少女阿贝尔(琳达·达内尔 Linda Darnell 饰)离开了让她倍感压抑的原生家庭,前往伦敦,投奔一个名叫布鲁斯(Jefferson Pascal 饰)男人。很快,这对小情侣就花光了所有的积蓄,为了维持生计,布鲁斯出海成为了一名走私犯,而阿贝尔则在误打误撞之中进了监狱,此时她震惊的发现,腹中已经怀上了布鲁斯的孩子。
在强盗杰克(约翰·拉塞尔 John Russell 饰)的帮助之下,阿贝尔从监狱里逃了出来,之后被杰克卖到了剧院。在那里,阿贝尔邂逅了拉德克里夫公爵(理查德·格林尼 Richard Greene 饰),很快,两人结了婚,阿贝尔一跃成为了公爵夫人。就在这个节骨眼上,布鲁斯再度出现在了阿贝尔的面前,并且向她索要那个属于自己的孩子。
As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
本片根据英国作家狄更斯1838年的名著《雾都孤儿》改编。
孤儿奥利弗(巴尼?克拉克 Barney Clark 饰)由教会抚养长大,9岁时被送去童工厂拣填絮,后被卖给棺材铺当学徒,屡受欺侮。奥利弗从棺材铺逃跑,步行七十英里到达伦敦,遇见小偷“机灵鬼”(哈利?伊登 Harry Eden 饰),并被收入犹太老头费金(本?金斯利 Ben Kinsley 饰)的盗窃团伙。奥利弗第一次出徒便被诬陷偷窃布朗罗先生(爱德华?哈德威克 Edward Hardwicke饰)的丝帕,并被打昏在地。被好心的布朗罗先生带回家收养,却在替布朗罗先生跑差途中被费金的同僚比尔(杰米?福尔曼 Jamie Foreman饰)抓获。比尔逼迫奥利弗协助他与同伙托比(马克?斯特朗 Mark Strong 饰)入夜行窃布朗罗先生家。小奥利弗不从,眼看命在旦夕……