This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers (preceded by a flock of sheep - subtle). The Stormtrooper go about teaching and enforcing 'The New Or...
A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted) to her brief reign as monarch of England and finally to her beheading. The film portrays her as an innocent set up for the slaughter while the scheming courtiers and pretenders to the throne barely pay her mind, as they stab each other in the back in their attempts to gain power and in...
1922年,23岁的希区柯克执导他的首部电影《13号》,宣告了一代悬念大师的银幕初登场。曾执导过多部电影史纪录片的英国导演马克·卡曾斯以《13号》百年庆为契机,推出了这部致敬希区柯克的论文电影。影片出人意料地从希区柯克的角度出发,以口述方式(由著名影星阿利斯泰尔·麦高恩配音)、模拟了一出“希区柯克带你看希区柯克电影”的戏码。通过这个虚拟的主观视点,向影迷介绍希区柯克数量庞大的经典作品中的共通点、以及隐藏在趣味和高能背后的视听技巧,亦展现了卡曾斯本人的博学和洞察力。
正在海边散步的罗伯特(Derrick De Marney 饰)意外发现了一个女人的尸体,他和尸体共处的场景被两个女孩目击,她们报了警。让罗伯特没有想到的是,杀死女人的凶器竟然正是自己风衣上的腰带,而他的风衣在早前失窃,下落不明。警方当然不相信罗伯特的这套说辞,他被迫站在了法庭之上,等待即将到来的审判。
愤愤不平的罗伯特鼓起勇气逃出了法庭,偶然间遇见了警局督查的女儿艾瑞卡(Nova Pilbeam 饰),善良正直的艾瑞卡决心帮助罗伯特找回他丢失的风衣,找到能够证明他清白的线索。两人循着线索找到了风衣,并且得知了偷窃风衣的贼有着喜欢不断眨眼的怪癖这一重要线索,然而再无其他。陷入了绝望之中的罗伯特选择了自首,就在这个节骨眼上,真凶露出了马脚。