剧情介绍
影片根据尼格尔·巴尔欣的小说改编，以第二次世界大战为背景。纳粹德国和大英帝国都希望招募炸弹装置专家萨米·瑞斯为其效力。萨米不得不在战云密布的时代背景下作出人生艰难的抉择。最终，他选择与英国方面合作，并参与了一项针对敌方目标的秘密行动。影片在浪漫的爱情与紧张的悬疑氛围中展开，是一部战争黑色剧。
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[FilmReview]HourofGlory(1949)
Powell and Pressburger’s HOUR OF GLORY is a patriotic paean to the unsung heroes during WWII, namely, the boffins evaluating new weapons in London, referred to as “the back room b...
Powell and Pressburger’s HOUR OF GLORY is a patriotic paean to the unsung heroes during WWII, namely, the boffins evaluating new weapons in London, referred to as “the back room boys”, borne out by its original UK title “THE SMALL BACK ROOM”.
Things start a tad cloak-and-dagger as Captain Dick Stuart (Gough, uncharacteristically zippy) seeks professional help from scientist Sammy Rice (Farrar) about newly discovered lethal mines dropped by Nazi bombers. And this will lead to a nail-biting finale where Sammy must defuse a thermal flask with a double booby trap at Chesil Beach, whose tautly educed suspense well predates Kathryn Bigelow’s THE HURT LOCKER (2008).
Sammy is something of a wreck, drowning in self-pity because of his disability (he lost a leg) and booze, though he is high-functioning but has neither gumption nor zeal for life, which becomes his obliging girlfriend Susan’s (Byron) cause for concern. It only takes the dangerous mission near the end, looking death in its deadly eyes and overcoming his mortal dread to resurrect his self-worth and rebirth as a good fellow. For once, Farrar painstakingly maps out Sammy’s benevolent but tormented psyche with commendable reserve and commitment.
The supporting cast is also quite game. As Susan, Byron is assigned a stereotyped role as a secretary and a helpmate, whose sole purpose is to put Sammy back on his mettle. Still, she betrays sophistication and her shadowy mien and earnest solicitude make Susan a blue-chip foil. For the sterner sex, Jack Hawkins plays a bureaucrat superior with almost oleaginous caprices and Cyril Cusack’s Corporal Taylor evokes appreciable compassion for that precious gentleness ingrown inside a human being out of his diffident shell.
Forfeiting the stupendous, ravishing Technicolor of their prior chefs-d’oeuvre (such as THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, 1943, BLACK NARCISSUS, 1947 and THE RED SHOES, 1948), Powell and Pressburger return to monochrome and strut their stuff to build a world of war-time severity and immediacy with amazing shadow play, prioritizing resilience and defiance over oppression and terror. Meantime, their visual artifice of psychologizing Sammy’s dipsomania instantaneously harks back to Hitchcock’s Daliesque sequences in SPELLBOUND (1945) and foreshadows the Kafkaesque distortion in Orson Welles’ THE TRIAL (1962).
Part THE LOST WEEKEND, part THE HURT LOCKER, part a sobering romance, part jingoistic boosterism, HOUR OF GLORY is not Powell and Pressburger's strongest effort as it loses some stream in its multi-headed directions, but it is also better than most UK productions of its time, supplanting the stuffiness with some wondrously constructed shots that is what makes a Powell and Pressburger's picture a must-see for cinephiles.
referential entries: Powell and Pressburger's THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943, 8.2/10); "I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING" (1945, 7.5/10); Billy Wilder’s THE LOST WEEKEND (1945, 7.9/10); Alfred Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND (1945, 8.2/10); Orson Welles’ THE TRIAL (1962, 7.7/10).
常见问题
电影《小后屋》豆瓣评分高吗？
豆瓣评分7.1分，属于中等偏上水准。这部1949年的战争黑色剧融合了爱情与悬疑，曾获英国电影学院奖提名。推荐观看《贵妇失踪记》——同为二战背景下的英国经典悬疑片，巧妙融合爱情与谍战元素。
电影《小后屋》在哪里可以看？
可在主流影视平台或DVD渠道寻找。影片由迈克尔·鲍威尔执导，讲述炸弹专家在二战中的艰难抉择。推荐观看《百战将军》——同样由迈克尔·鲍威尔导演，聚焦战争背景下个人命运与道德困境。
电影《小后屋》的结局是什么？
（微剧透）主角萨米·瑞斯最终做出了忠于个人信念的关键抉择。影片在浪漫与悬疑中探讨战争对人性的考验。推荐观看《柏林谍影》——同样描绘冷战背景下特工的道德挣扎与孤独宿命。
如何评价电影《小后屋》？
一部出彩的战争黑色剧，巧妙融合爱情、悬疑与道德困境。大卫·法拉尔等主演表演扎实，剧情张力十足。推荐观看《第三人》——同为战后黑色电影经典，充满道德模糊性与城市废墟美学。
电影《小后屋》适合情侣看吗？
适合，影片核心是战争背景下的浪漫爱情与艰难抉择。但内含悬疑谍战元素，偏好纯爱片的观众需注意。推荐观看《卡萨布兰卡》——同样以二战为背景，讲述乱世中感人至深的爱情与牺牲。
电影《小后屋》和《忠勇之家》比怎么样？
电影《小后屋》主演是谁？演技如何？
主演包括大卫·法拉尔、凯思琳·拜荣等，演技扎实精准地刻画了角色在压力下的复杂心理。推荐观看《红菱艳》——同样由迈克尔·鲍威尔执导，展现艺术家在理想与现实间的极致挣扎。
电影《小后屋》是什么类型的片子？
属于剧情、爱情类型，更准确是融合了谍战悬疑的“战争黑色剧”。影片改编自尼格尔·巴尔欣小说。推荐观看《三十九级台阶》——同为经典英国间谍惊悚片，充满悬念与追逐场面。
电影《小后屋》值得看吗？有什么看点？
值得，看点是二战谍战、道德困境与浪漫爱情的独特结合。曾获英国电影学院最佳影片提名。推荐观看《间谍之桥》——同样基于真实背景，讲述冷战时期交换间谍过程中的人性光辉。
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