Spirit of Freedom (1935)

- Directed by
- Situ Huimin
- Country
- Republic of China
How it feels
A young woman in 1910s China leaves her family to marry a fellow student activist. After he dies in an uprising, she moves through relationships with other men and eventually raises war orphans alone.
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What happens
《自由神》,是1935年中華民國大陸时期的一部黑白剧情类电影,发行公司为電通公司製片廠。导演司徒慧敏、编剧夏衍、摄影杨霁明,王莹、施超、周伯勋担任主演,吴湄、藍苹(江青)参演。电影主题歌《自由神》由孙师毅填词,吕骥谱曲。 1919年,五四运动时期,青年学生陈行素(王莹 饰)爱上了同学林之彬(施超 饰),与其离家出走;不久,两人带着儿子到了廣州,林之彬在廣州起義时牺牲,陈行素带着孩子投靠旧友杨棣华(周伯勋 饰),杨棣华细心照顾陈行素母子并对陈行素表示了爱慕,却冷淡了一直喜欢他的表妹汤秀云(吴湄 饰)。北伐开始后,陈行素随军北上,途中她认识青年军官周范(顧夢鶴 饰),两人很快相爱。北伐结束后,陈行素和周范一道来到上海。这时,已到上海行医的杨棣华和汤秀云抱着陈行素的儿子,到黄埔码头迎接陈行素。当杨棣华发现陈行素和周范在一起的情形时,他将孩子交给陈行素,怅然离去。之后杨棣华和汤秀云结婚了。不久,陈行素发现自己所爱的周范是有妇之夫,而且已有了孩子,她的心灵受到伤害,断然拒绝周范的苦苦哀求。一·二八事變中,陈行素与儿子失散,但看到更多无家可归的孤儿们后,她忍苦投身教养院,照顾战争中的遗孤。电影最后,陈行素教孩子们唱《自由神之歌》(电影主题曲),讲述道:人要靠自己的力量,做一个“堂堂的人”。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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