40 years ago, the town conjured up a demon (Century) with disastrous results. Now they are about to conjure the demon again and are making the same mistakes all over again (some people never learn). Teenage Tess Hunter learns the truth and tries to stop a second disaster.
Filmed largely in and around Windsor, director Wendy Toye's relatively unknown short film won the Best Fiction award at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Toye delightfully handles the ever darkening story from its almost madcap beginning to the sinister finale. Actor Alan Badel makes his film debut, and he would again link-up with Toye for a segment of Three Cases of Murder (1955)...
影片讲述1922年至1943年任意大利首相，独裁者，法西斯主义的创始人墨索里尼的一生。本片运用真实的史料，全面地解读与揭示了墨索里尼在二战中扮演了什么样的角色？他与希特勒，斯大林，丘吉尔，罗斯福之间存在着怎样的私人关系？是谁救了罗马教皇使之免遭德军俘虏？墨索里尼是被谁处决的？这个独裁者私人生活情况如何？
