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　　安吉拉（珍妮·盖诺 Janet Gaynor 饰）的母亲身患重病，急需药物进行治疗。生活在穷困潦倒之中的安吉拉无奈之下只能行窃救命，她的举动自然遭到了警方的通缉和追捕，安吉拉就此踏上了逃亡的旅途。　　途中，安吉拉来到了一个马戏团之中，隐姓埋名成为了其中的一名演员，这正好帮助她拜托了警方的纠缠。在马戏团中，安吉拉邂逅了名为基诺（查尔斯·法莱尔 Charles Farrell 饰）的年轻画家。基诺虽然有着一身的才华却依旧只是一个名不见经传的无名画家，安吉拉的出现激发了他的灵感，帮助他取得了事业上的成就，坠入爱河的两人决定结婚，但在婚礼举行之际，警方还是发现了安吉拉的踪迹。

　　An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and executes it one night. The next day, two officers knock on the insane man's door, investigating a shriek heard in the night. The insane man invites them in, answers their questions, and submits to an examination of his eyes by one of the officers, who proclaims him innocent. The insane man invites them to stay and relax awhile, then regales them with his theories of crime. His heart begins to beat louder. Angles on the set are skewed to suggest the man's internal disarray.

　　1927年，为纪念十月革命十周年而拍摄的纪录风格影片，片中群众角色很多为当时参与十月革命的工人和士兵，当时起义的领导之一Nikolai Podvolsky也参与演出一名布尔什维克（此公是十月革命十周年庆典组委会的主席，正是他向爱森斯坦委约了这部影片）。脚本参考了美国记者里德（John Reed）的新闻体纪实著作《震撼世界的十天》（Ten Days That Shook the World）。此片和《战舰波将金》、《罢工》一样，同为爱森斯坦二十年代探索蒙太奇剪辑的代表作。　　通常上映的版本配乐，采用了苏联作曲家肖斯塔科维奇的交响作品和小品。

　　影片聚焦法国民族女英雄圣女贞德（玛利亚·法奥康涅蒂 Maria Falconetti饰）生命的最后时刻，再现了她被出卖落入勃艮第叛军手中后，在英格兰监狱和法庭上，从受审到处死的全过程。被英格兰当局严密控制的天主教会，指控贞德为异端和女巫。法庭上，法官更伪造证据，以信仰问题不断对她施以精神上和肉体上的折磨。面对惨无人道的酷刑与子虚乌有的诬陷，贞德正气凛然、坚贞不屈。最后，贞德被押赴鲁昂市广场，被绑在火刑柱上活活烧死。　　由一代电影大师卡尔·西奥多·德莱叶执导拍摄的影片《圣女贞德蒙难记》，被称为世界十大最佳影片之一。影片以极具震撼力的艺术表现手法，再现了这段受到天主教会和英国占领军折磨的民族英雄短暂生命中的最后时刻。

　　The setting is Vienna in 1914 before the outbreak of war. The aristocratic and somewhat jaded Prince Nicki, pursued by all the ladies, begins a flirtation with Mitzi, a crippled harpist who works in a suburban wine-garden, and who is in turn idolized by Schani, an uncouth and violently jealous butcher. Their first encounter significantly takes place in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral on Corpus Christi day, with Nicki among the emperor's cavalry regiment. Later, in the refracted light of falling apple blossoms in the wine-garden--scenes of a distilled, ethereal beauty--Nicki gradually wins her faith and love. Meanwhile, amidst the sumptuous and corrupt milieu of the family palace, Nicki is drawn into complicity against his will, as his unscrupulous mother informs him he must marry Cecelia, the daughter of a wealthy commoner, in order to revive the family fortune. Mitzi has a vision of The Iron Man (a symbol of the declining power and position of the Hapsburg dynasty) and falls before the crucifix in fear; but her love remains steadfast, and she protests her faith though abused by her mother and Schani. Infuriated by her rejection, Schani threatens to kill Nicki on his wedding day unless Mitzi agrees to marry him. Following the processional splendor of the cathedral wedding, Schani appears to carry out his threat, but Mitzi arrives in time to stop him; and through the downpouring rain Nicki sadly gazes on his true love in the crowd as he drives away with his bride.