Repentance (1925)
- Country
- British Hong Kong
How it feels
A silent film set in 1920s Hong Kong. It follows a romantic story shot in real locations like brothels and gardens. The plot involves love and regret shown through dramatic twists.
melodramaticslow-burnsomberperiod piecevisually detailedsentimentalbittersweetemotional
What happens
《懺悔》（英語： Repentance ）是位于香港衛城道10號的四匙畫片公司，在1924年9月12日，星期五在報紙刊登招募演員啟事 ，隨後聘請籍貫江蘇省蘇州的劉淚鵑先生編撰電影劇本，並擔任導演 ，最初訂名為《誰是真愛？》，1924年11月9日，星期日，劇組人員、大胖子男喜劇演員黃仲文先生與其他男女演員，在石塘嘴『賽花寨』妓院的騎樓底，拍攝當時新開業，樓高五層的『萬國酒家』作為外景，並到北角七姊妹英皇道名園進行拍攝工作。新界青山亦被攝入鏡頭。該部社會哀艷奇情默片在翌年正式公映時，被易名為《懺悔》，戲劇情迂迴曲折，佈景莊嚴宏偉，服裝美艷趨時，全片共有10本膠卷，放映時間約2小時30分鐘。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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