影片講述的是6個多塞特勞工被驅逐到澳大利亞，並在1830年組建了史詩般的托爾普德爾蒙難者聯盟工會……
基本信息,劇情簡介,
基本信息
導演:BillDouglas 編劇:比爾·道格拉斯 主演:KeithAllen/DaveAtkins 類型:劇情 製片國家/地區:英國 語言:英語 上映日期:1987-08-23 片長:183分鐘 IMDb連結:tt0092772
劇情簡介
影片講述的是6個多塞特勞工被驅逐到澳大利亞，並在1830年組建了史詩般的托爾普德爾蒙難者聯盟工會…… "Comrades"hasbeendescribedasoneofthelostmasterpiecesofEuropeancinema.Itappearedin1987tocriticalacclaimthendisappearedalmostasquickly. FormyopinionBillDouglas'smasterpiecestandsalongsidethebestofTarkovsky,BressonandBergman.Withinminutestheviewerispulledintoastoryofloveandpassion,solidarityandbravery.'Comrades'isnotjustone-dimensionalpoliticalpolemiceither.Farfromit.Norjustahistoricalepic.Thisischaracter-drivenstory-tellingofthehighestorder,definitely,althoughtherearemanylayerstothefilm.Itfusesandtranscendsbothnarrativedramaandtheavantegardeandcriesoutforfurtherviewings. Inmanyways'Comrades'isanexperimentalvisionarymovieaswellasatributetothecinemathatcamebeforecinema.(Watchoutforthemagiclanternistwhoappearsinmanyguises.)Interestingly,thefamousactorsoftheday-whoDouglasdidn'twantinthefilmbutwasforcedtouse-werecastastheaffluentclasseswhilecompleteunknownswerecastastheMartyrsandtheirfamilies. DirectorBillDouglaswasamanknewaboutpovertyandstruggle.HewasraisedinabjectpovertyinNewcraighall,whichwasthenanimpoverishedminingvillageontheoutskirtsofEdinburgh.Hisautobiographical'Trilogy'-filmedinapost-warNewcraighallthatisnowgone-ishisonlyothercinematicoutput.Butwhatawork!ItisbyfarthefinestcinematicachievementtoevercomeoutofScotland.Eventhefilmscriptsof'Trilogy'areworksofliteratureintheirownright.
