For his third film in France, L'Enfant du Carnaval (1921), Mozhukhin directed himself. This is a delightful work, hinting at the astonishing visual vocabulary Mozhukhin would employ in his next directorial effort, Le brasier ardent (1923). Full of visual witticisms that include amusing match cuts and a terrific use of scenography, it can be argued that the choice of subject mat...
大约十六世纪中叶,费拉拉城有两个年轻人,一个名叫法比,一个名叫穆齐。费拉拉城当时在几名伟大的公爵、艺术和诗歌的保护人的统治之下非常兴旺发达。法比和穆齐两人,年龄相若,又是近亲,从不分离,两人之间从小就建立了深厚的友谊。他们属于两个古老的望族,两人都有钱有势,独立不羁,并且都未成家,习惯和爱好,两人也大同小异。穆齐喜爱音乐,法比喜爱绘画。费拉拉全城以两人为骄傲,认为他们是宫廷、社会以及全城最好的装饰品。可是,两人的外貌却不相像,虽然两人都少年英俊,法比是个高个子,淡褐色的头发和脸膛,天蓝色的眼睛,穆齐则是黑头发,脸色黝黑,暗栗色的眼睛里缺乏法比那快快活活的光芒,嘴唇也不像法比那般时时挂着亲切的微笑;窄窄的眼睑之上他的一双浓眉紧锁,而法比的金黄色眉毛则在明朗光滑的前额下微微弯曲成半圆。
穆齐说话,不像法比那么生动活泼。女士们全都同样喜爱这两位朋友,他俩彬...