主演：Isa Miranda Andrea Checchi Irasema Dilián Gualtiero Tumiati Nino Crisman Enzo Biliotti Ada Dondini Giacinto Molteni Corrado Racca Luigi Pavese Nando Tamberlani Doretta Sestan Paolo Bonecchi Elvira Bonecchi Giovanni Barrella
导演：Mario Soldati
简介：ThisutterlygorgeousGothicmelodramawouldbewidelyhailedasamasterpiece,haditnotbeenmadeinItalyduringtheMussoliniregime.Agrossinjustice,asMalombra-unlikePiccoloMondoAntico,MarioSoldati'searlierfilmofanAntonioFogazzaronovel-containsnotonemomentoftriumphalistflag-wavingorFascistfamilyvalues.OddlyakintoRebeccainitsatmosphereofdeath-hauntedromanceandvoluptuousdoom,itreachesapeakofvisualrefinementofwhichHitchcockcouldonlydream. ItsstarisIsaMiranda(famous,andnotwithoutreason,asItaly'sanswertoGarboandDietrich)playingaheadstrongbutunstableyoungnoblewoman,confinedbyheruncletoagloomyvillaontheshoresofLakeComo.Ayellowedandcrumblingletter,foundinanoldspinet,convincesherthatsheisthereincarnationofheruncle'sfirstwife-anothertroubledbeautywhodiedavirtualprisonerafterbeingcaughtinaforbiddenloveaffair.Whenahandsomeyoungwriter(AndreaChecchi)comestostay,MirandadecidesthatHEisthereincarnationofthedeadwoman'slover.Gradually,shelureshimintoherwebofsexandrevenge... WhatmoretosaywithoutspoilingthefunMirandagivesaperformancetorivalanyofthegreatdivasofHollywood.OnlyDavisandStanwyck,perhaps,couldplayabadgirlsoboldlywithoutlosingallsympathy.Theevocationof19thcenturyaristocracy,initsfulldecadentsplendour,isvisuallyanddramaticallyflawless-amodelforsuchlaterItaliangemsasVisconti'sSensoandTheInnocent. Ithelped,perhaps,thatSoldatihimselfwasaleadingnovelist.Blessedwithanabsoluterespectfortheclassicsheadapted,butinnowayinhibitedbythem.Hewasalsotheguidingspiritofthenow-forgotten'calligraphic'movement,whichbroughttheItaliancinematosuchwondrousaestheticheightsduringWorldWarTwo,onlytocollapsebeforethehorrorofNeo-Realism.CanweblameSoldatiforgivingupfilm-makingindisgustandgoingbacktowritingnovels Soifyou'veeverfelt(asIdo)thatRossellini'smuch-toutedRome-OpenCityistheworkofanamateur...well,Malombraisthefilmyouhavetosee!