本片故事取材于第二次世界大战中61000名盟军俘虏被迫建造泰——缅铁路的真实事件。年轻的苏格兰军官欧内斯特?戈登上尉在一次战役中被日军俘虏，恐惧他和少校坎贝尔等人一起被迫成为天皇的奴隶修建泰国至缅甸的一段铁路。在战俘集中营中，恐惧他们忍受着残酷的折磨，但也在生不如死的日子里结成了坚固的友谊。欧内斯特在集中营里办起了“丛林大学”将战俘们牢牢团结在一起。日军的残暴让他们忍无可忍，坎贝尔少校终于决定实施逃跑计划，但计划的失败使得曾经与他矛盾颇深的战友牺牲自己挽救了他的生命。
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回复 :“It is a film from an extended series. It is hard to say who is the main character of “The Soviet Elegy.” There are more than a hundred faces of our compatriots. But, of course, it is not by chance that it is the destiny of a famous political figure, Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, that bears a special accent in the film. Though he got to power following quite typical ways, his uncommon character puts him out of the ordinary, and in the author’s opinion it may be determined by his uncommon human nature. Our hero exists within the tragic pattern of the soviet socialist life. He is a character of a drama, of which he is one of the authors. “The Soviet Elegy” can hardly be called a documentary film in the proper sense. Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of chronology, but he insists on an artistic mode of thinking, not on a political or historical investigation.”
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回复 :故事发生在17世纪。赫丝特（黛米·摩尔 Demi Moore 饰）离开丈夫，孤身一人来到马萨诸塞湾的英属殖民地定居。在这里开拓的英国人信仰坚定，恪守清规，赫丝特的一些举动在这压抑的殖民地环境下颇为引人注目。当地的牧师阿瑟（加里·奥德曼 Gary Oldman 饰）英俊而富有激情，赫丝特为他的神采深深吸引，两个性情相投的人很快陷入了危险的热恋。不久殖民地方面接到了赫丝特的医生丈夫被印第安人杀害的消息，本以为可以公开关系的一对恋人等到的却是东窗事发，赫丝特为保护阿瑟，拒绝供认通奸者，自此被投入监狱直至产下一名女婴，而阿瑟则在监狱外日日承受心灵的拷问……出狱后的赫丝特戴上了通奸者的耻辱标志，同时她大难不死的丈夫突然现身，誓要将通奸者揪出以发泄心中怒火……
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