洛阳桥
元朝末年。清明之日,世袭洛阳侯耶律寿应邀到尼庵,饮酒作乐。他的妹妹耶律含嫣因不堪深闺寂寞,携带丫环暗自出府,到郊外踏青游春。在洛阳桥畔,恰遇猎人花云一箭双雕。她见花云英俊健壮、箭法高强,遂生爱慕之情。耶律寿回府途中,遇到民妇采桑女,见她窈窕貌美,顿生邪念。于是,他依仗权势,勾结官府,把采桑女之夫杖死公堂,并逼她为妾。采桑女悲愤难忍,欲投河自尽,被花云母子及郭广卿所救。耶律寿的暴行,激怒了花云母子及郭广卿,他们决心联合穷苦乡里,向侯府报仇。耶律夫人和含嫣得知采桑女之事,严厉斥责了耶律寿。但刁恶成性的耶律寿仍一意孤行,并以蒙汉不同族、贫富悬殊为借口,断然拒绝含嫣与花云结婚的要求。含嫣心中忿忿不平,不顾族规家法,再次暗自出府,重到洛阳桥寻找花云,终于见到了日夜思念的心上人。当花云得知她是侯府千金时,竟扬长而去。含嫣悲痛不已,既恨自己的出身,更恨兄长的胡作非为,加上她受到耶律寿的锁禁,便悒郁成疾。花母以卖野味为名进侯府探查,趁机与含嫣定计,让花云伺机混入府中相见,含嫣欣喜万分,一心等待花云的到来。耶律寿纳妾之日,郭广卿、花母等众乡邻化装成送亲的人,混进府内。这时,耶律寿已烂醉如泥,新人被安置在含嫣房中。含嫣正因不见花云到来而忧伤,见采桑女蒙头默坐,不禁对她更加怜悯,决定将她放走。没想到,蒙在盖头之下的竟是她朝思幕想的恋人花云。当他俩互诉衷情时,耶律寿酒醒找来,被花云和众乡亲捉住,得到了应有的制裁。含嫣与花云如愿以偿,结为终生伴侣。
造物的奇迹
Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe. 15 special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact. It its beautifully colored, using tinting and toning in a very elaborated way. Some visual ideas in the sequences with a space shuttle visiting different planets in the universe seem to have to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey.  In the context of Germany's Kulturfilm phenomenon, Wunder der Schöpfung was among the greatest achievements of the 1920s. The production was constructed, rehearsed, and shot over a period of two and a half years, under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblum. The idea to describe the universe and man's place in it well suited UFA's Grossfilm mentality, one year before the Metropolis catastrophe. Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the project, building props and constructing scale models drawn by 15 special effects draughtsmen, while 9 cameramen in separate units worked on the historical, documentary, fiction, animation, and science-fiction sequences. Without star roles or even protagonists, the film's plot is crowded with meticulously structured and skillfully acted single scenes an artful mosaic of small vignettes. No less than four credited university professors ensured the factual background behind the scientific and historical events portrayed.  The film's symbol of progress and the new scientific era is a spacecraft, travelling through the Milky Way, making all the planets and their inspiring worlds familiar to us, with the extravaganza of their distinctive features. The film's educational intentions, however, become steadily more obscure, humorous, or even campy as this popularization project proceeds. With the excuse of presenting the end of the world a not-so-new concept as a new, undeniably scientific truth, the film veers happily along a new path, displaying detailed apocalyptic scenes of the end of mankind. For today's audiences, this amazing film demonstrates how the universe was comprehended in the 1920s, and how that view was sold to contemporary audiences.
大内神捕
近日省内盗案连连,偷盗者心思缜密,几乎不露蛛丝马迹。少侠马成风被州府大人所派,来到退隐多年的捕快宋仁府上求助,希望能助其一臂之力。宋仁虽双腿瘫痪,但为人精明,对马成风的来龙去脉知道得十分详细。在宋仁看来,有能力偷盗大户奇珍异宝的只有一个人,就是金衣公子。金衣公子为人狡猾,只有出其不意,才能将其捉拿归案。于是宋仁让马成风混入金衣公子一伙内部,并派出自己的独生女儿宋仙儿助其一臂之力。  马成风四处打探得知金衣公子招募了三大高手到府上为其办事,于是在半途中将崔七、巨无霸、飞腿三人一一打败,砍下其手去找金衣公子,希望能替他卖命。对于这个初来乍到的小混混,金衣公子十分怀疑,一再派手下试探都没有发现破绽。三大高手务工已废,无奈之下,他也只好冒险让马成风来完成任务。原来,金衣公子与其妻子画眉夫人本是恩爱的一对,画眉夫人钟爱古董珠宝,金衣公子更是想尽一切办法满足她。可是谁知此时金衣公子身患恶疾,夫妻俩的感情也一落千丈。  更重要的是,金衣公子怀疑画眉夫人另藏一奸夫,对此事一直耿耿于怀。后来他还曾找宋仁帮忙分析此事,但都没有结果。二人分居后,画眉夫人偷藏了金衣公子的续命药,只有带来奇珍异宝才能换取一点点药。金衣公子不堪忍受折磨,高价请高手偷出此药续命。去七侠山的路上险象环生,画眉夫人的手下高手云云,让马成风应对起来不由觉得吃力。还好宋仙儿及时出现,在危急时刻救了马成风一命。而本应该带他前往七侠山的金衣公子的手下吕姑娘则不知所踪,马成风不禁心生怀疑。  在画眉夫人的府上,马成风利用手段顺利地拿到了药。没想到返回途中吕姑娘出现,将药夺走,还差点害马成风丧了性命。却不知对此马成风早有防备,被抢走的不过十一瓶假药。马成风见到金衣公子,点破自己拿到的也是一瓶假药,而金衣公子的手下藏有奸细。此时,金衣公子才发现一向信任的三个得力助手都是画眉夫人的内应,更让他意向不到的是所谓的大盗正是一向尊敬的宋仁。
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