故事发生在十八世纪中叶，杰里米（斯图尔特·格兰杰 Stewart Granger 饰）是一名过惯了自由自在生活的海盗，在阴差阳错之下，他成为了男孩约翰（乔恩·怀特利 Jon Whiteley 饰）的监护人。一向无拘无束的杰里米那能够胜任这种职务，他决定把男孩送去学校读书，就此撒手不管。
可没过多久，杰里米就得知，原来约翰是一枚价值连城的钻石的继承人，这让财迷心窍的杰里米顿时来了精神，他决定陪同约翰一起去寻找这枚钻石，然后耍点小花招，将这枚钻石据为己有。在寻找钻石的过程中，杰里米渐渐了解了约翰悲惨的身世，两人之间慢慢培养出了一种类似亲情的感情。

Another amazing find from our friends at Cine-Clasico, "Vier um die Frau" is a 1921 Fritz Lang film found in the Brazilian film archives. The period intertitles are in Portuguese but the plot is not difficult to follow, particularly with the assistance of the invaluable Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien, whose blog entry on the film (link) follows :
The merchant Yquem buys his dear wife a beautiful jewel with matching earnings in a place where the city's underworld trades in fake and stolen jewelry. By chance, Yquem spots a man with whom his wife had an affair in the past. Yquem follows him to a hotel where he will write him a letter imitating his wife's hand writing. The letter invites the man to a public place where Yquem can spy on them and try to discover whether there is still something between them.
This early Fritz Lang film, "Vier Um Die Frau" (Four Around a Woman) was found by chance some years ago at the "Cinemateca De Sâo Paulo", a great present for the German aristocracy and even for the longhaired moviegoers, because it prefigures much of "Dr. Mabuse", (corruption in the upper class-a very habitual practice-unscrupulous upstarts, blackmail, low class criminals, social tension.) and in the opinion of this German aristocrat, provides one of the most outstanding titles of Lang's first period. This film has excellent editing that gives vigour, speed and emotion to a story of an underworld rife with treachery and betrayal as well as a complex tale of unrequited love. The film builds to a crescendo of narrative strength that reminds one of episodes of "Die Spinnen" made by Herr Lang a year before.
The acting is exceptional and the performers resist the temptation to overacting that might be expected in such melodrama. As the heroine, Carola Toelle is especially good and admirably conveys the doubts, secret desires and frustration that her character suffers. An excellent counterpoint is provided the character of her friend and confidant, a perfect vamp, who provides bad advice and is without scruples, quick to use flirting to build up her social position... Rudolf Klein-Rogge has to be mentioned, as his performance makes one recall the exceptional character Dr Mabuse, that he will immortalise two years later. The excellent main actors are given equally good support in the minor roles.
It is worth mentioning as well the great photography of Otto Kanturek and the film production by Ernst Meiwers and Hans Jacoby. The importance of "Decla-Bioscop"'can be seen in the first rate production values that are so abundant in the film (great manors, hotel lobbies, the stock exchange, etc) and on the other hand the realistic depiction of less auspicious surroundings: ragged and wretched slums streets filled with the kind of characters you might expect in such places. A minor point but also a real curiosity is the inclusion of a poster for another "Decla Bioscop" production that can be glimpsed in a theater lobby.

富有的作家斯蒂芬·拜恩试图引诱女佣，但当她反抗时，他杀死了她。斯蒂芬长期嫉妒他的兄弟约翰，他尽力把谋杀的责任归咎于他的兄弟。同样受到斯蒂芬傲慢痴呆症影响的还有他长期受苦的妻子玛乔丽。

从朝鲜战场退伍归来的火车司机Jeff爱上了同事Carl的妻子Vicky，却无意中卷入了一场火车命案。是真爱还是早有预谋的借刀杀人？最后时刻Jeff又将如何抉择？

二次大战前夕，英国军官桑迪克（Walter Pidgeon 饰）潜伏希特勒的山中庄园行刺未果被捕，由于拒不承认自己受英国政府指使，桑迪克受尽折磨后被德军推下山崖。大难不死的桑迪克乘船回到英国，同时德国方面派出假扮桑迪克的军官与众眼线在全城追索他，德国政府亦向英国施压。
桑迪克在险象环生的亡命途中结识开朗直接的姑娘杰瑞（Joan Bennett 饰），后者被他吸引，并竭尽所能为他提供了帮助。桑迪克与杰瑞度过了一段短暂的纯真时光，然而危机四伏的情势下他并不能给予对方更多的幸福。德国人很快找到了桑迪克的藏身之处，并掳走了杰瑞，这让桑迪克面临的形势恶劣到了极点。

身为新闻记者的主人公，为了揭露一个检察官的腐败丑闻，故意制造假象使自己成为一桩谋杀案的嫌疑人，希望能借此诱敌上钩。没想到检察官后来察觉了他的计划，随即唯一能证明他清白的朋友突然被杀，面对种种不利于自己的证据，主人公一筹莫展……

影片讲述斯蒂芬被关闭在英国的收容所里两年后被释放，他似乎有点神志不清，随后他在回来巴黎的路上，遇到一个间谍集团...

哈拉尔德伯杰和他的印度的情人，殿，拼命逃离Seetha

在埃斯奇纳普尔，一位德国建筑师救了玛哈拉贾的最喜爱的寺庙舞者的命，并成为了玛哈拉贾的朋友，但当建筑师和舞者坠入爱河时，他们的友谊受到了考验，引发了玛哈拉贾报复的愤怒。

After the death of his brother Georg, John Vanderheit expects to inherit his fortune. Unfortunately, just before he died Georg made a will in which he bequeathed his entire estate to his wife, Irmgard. Unwilling to yield to John, Irmgard takes flight and undertakes a hazardous journey into the mountains. Here, she meets a kindly hermit who offers her shelter. John is not far behind, however, and when Imrgard repulses him he causes an avalanche in an attempt to kill her. Trapped in the hermit’s shelter, Irmgard’s new friend removes his hood – and reveals that he is her husband Georg...
Das Wandernde Bild marked the beginning of the fruitful collaboration of director Fritz Lang with writer Thea von Harbou. They married in 1922 and the couple would become the creative force behind some of the greatest German films of the pre-WWII era, works such as Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922), Metropolis (1927) and M (1931).
Until quite recently, Das Wandernde Bild was thought to have been lost, the fate suffered by the majority of films made in the silent era. Fortunately, an incomplete print surfaced in Brazil and the film was partially restored in the late 1980s. Around a third of the film is missing, along with the script and inter-titles. Despite this, the restored film is surprisingly coherent and the lacuna are hardly noticed.
Das Wandernde Bild may not be Lang at his best (its main weaknesses being its slightly ludicrous plot and some embarrassing Perils of Pauline moments), but it amply demonstrates the director’s mastery of technique and flair for expression through the silent image. The film is most memorable for its beautifully realised location sequences, which appear to show the influence of Lang’s contemporaries, notably D.W. Griffith. (© James Travers 2009 )

一名记者在驾车前往工作途中被谋杀。警方接到了一位先知的联系，他在异象中看到了这起谋杀案，但某种黑暗力量阻止他看到罪犯的真面目...

In San Francisco, the sportsman Kay Hoog follows Lio Sha in a subterranean Chinatown and discloses that her organization is seeking a Buddha-head diamond that will release Asia from tyranny. He is captured, but he escapes and chases The Spiders, embarking as a stowaway in the Storm Bird. The ship heads to London, with the criminals trying to find the diamond in the mansion of the millionaire Terry Landon. They do not succeed and abduct Terry's daughter Ellen asking the diamond as ransom. However, Terry does not have the stone, and Kay Hoog discovers that it is in the Malvinas Island. He goes to the island, where he faces The Spiders.

In San Francisco, the sportsman Kay Hoog tells to the members of a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map from a Harvard's missing professor telling about a treasure of an Inca lost civilization still alive. He decides to go to Peru to seek the gold. However, members of the secret criminal organization "The Spiders" leaded by Lio Sha break in Kay's mansion during the night and steal the map. Kay Hoog travels to Peru, where he retrieves his map and a document about the Diamond Ship from The Spiders. Later he saves the Priestess of the Sun Naela and brings her to San Francisco. However, The Spiders kill Naela and Kay Hoog promises revenge for the death of his love

在墨西哥经历了一段短暂而激情的罗曼史后，一位美丽的女继承人毫不犹豫地嫁给了一个她几乎不认识的男人。她发现他在纽约的家里住满了奇怪的亲戚，还有仿制的著名谋杀现场的恐怖房间。一个上锁的房间里包含着她丈夫的执念的秘密，以及他第一任妻子发生的真相。

杰西被福特兄弟杀了以后，詹姆斯回来为他被冤枉的黑人兄弟洗清冤枉的过程

一位无私的百货商店老板雇佣了前罪犯，希望给他们第二次生命。不幸的是，他雇佣的一名罪犯招募了两名前罪犯同伙，计划抢劫商店。

"故事改编自匈牙利伟大的剧作家费伦克•莫纳（Ferenc Molnar）的名剧《利力姆》（Liliom，1919）。这部作品曾三度搬上默片的银幕，1930年还被拍摄为有声电影，本片是1934年由弗烈兹•朗格导演、查尔斯•博耶主演的法国版本。
故事发生在19世纪末缅因州的海岸小村，比利是当地一位自命不凡的嘉年华会游乐场的招徕顾客的人。他被前来玩耍的文静姑娘磨坊女工朱丽深深吸引，二人一见倾心，歌曲“如果我爱你"正表达了他们狂热的爱情。不久以后比利便与朱丽结婚。由于经济拮据，朱丽怀孕的消息并没有使他兴奋起来。失业的比利逐渐体会到生活的艰辛，他的脾气变得越来越暴躁，因为他急于想给朱丽和未来的孩子一个体面的生活环境。这时候快为人父的比利受人挑唆，决定参与抢劫。即便如此，好运也没有顾及比利，在第一次行窃中，比利就被抓获。面对着即将到来的铁窗之苦，比利陷入了深深地痛苦与自责之中，“独白"便是比利心中矛盾情感的吐露。他呼喊着朱丽的名字结束了自己的生命。
在获准进入天堂之前，比利被召唤到人间去做一件好事赎罪，转眼间人间15年的光阴匆匆流逝，比利终于见到了令他日思夜想的女儿露伊丝和妻子朱丽，冥冥之中他们一起唱起了“你并不孤单"。比利与自己15岁的女儿露伊丝相遇，这是一个寂寞孤独的孩子，窃贼父亲的坏名声使她年轻的生命充满了恐惧。初恋的遭遇使露伊丝丧失了生活的信心。这一切都被比利看在眼里，他从天堂带来一颗星星作为礼物送给露伊丝以帮助她摆脱不幸，也是想表达自己对这对母女欠下感情债的愧疚心情，他极力想用自己的爱使她们获得对生活的热情和信心，最后比利终于完成了自己的心愿，登上了去天堂的阶梯。"

French version of celebrated crime movie., 5 November 2009
Author: Mozjoukine (Mozjoukine@yahoo.com.au) from Australia
Fritz Lang's Das TESTAMENT des Dr.MABUSE is a mesmerising, master-crafted entertainment which no serious movie freak will have missed. The largely forgotten, parallel French version, filmed simultaneously with a French speaking cast, is like most of these foreign versions, a poor relation. I'm glad I saw the German one first - twice in a week as it happens.
Shorter than the German film, it truncates the lovers subplot and plays it with colourless juveniles, omits the giant eye make up shots of Klein Rogge, which re-call Dr. Baum's art collection and, worse, attempts to up the pace by chopping off the fade out scene transitions - giving correctly, the impression that there is something missing.
The German cast is uniformly superior, with the possible exception of the jolly, frankfurter-cooking henchman, who does manage to make an impression. Jim Gerald was a comedian - effectively so in CHAPEAU de PAILEE d'ITALIE and FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS - and he lacks the monolith menace that Wernike provides. Thommy Bordelle is normally an unimposing performer and, giving it his best shot, he's still no fair swap for the the great Oscar Beregei, in the one circulating film where we get to hear Beregei's voice. The French Dr. Kramm (who is he?), in particular, is out classed by Theodore Loos (the secretary from METROPOLIS among other stand-out performances).
Well it's still Lang's Mabuse film and remains intermittently effective - Hoffmeister's vision of Lohman's entry into his see through cell is still a grabber - and it is another piece of the jig saw and another, if minor, Lang movie. So nice to get to see it after all these years.

故事发生于一九四二年春天，紧接着从菲律宾回来的道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟将军和他的队伍被封锁在奔赴澳大利亚的途中，一艘被炸沉了太平洋战舰上活下来的人奋力挣扎游到了岸边。船长告诉他们，如果他们能够找到自己的方式达到两百公里之外的德尔蒙特，他们就拥有最高等级的优先权通过封锁。船长建议他们兵分几路，以保证安全。屈克·帕尔玛和机务员吉米·米歇尔最后终于抵达了泪提岛上的塔科班机场。在一所美国军事学校里，帕尔玛遇到了珍妮·马丁兹，她正着急地要去找到一位掌管人事的官员，要求上前线去帮助一位亲戚…