A Defeated People (1946)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 18M
Director : Humphrey Jennings
Sinopsis
A Defeated People is a 1946 British documentary short film made by the Crown Film Unit, directed by Humphrey Jennings and narrated by William Hartnell. The film depicts the shattered state of Germany, both physically and as a society, in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The narration explains what is being done – and what needs to be done – both by the occupying Allied forces and the German people themselves to build a better Germany from the ruins.
An afternoon in the biggest fair of Germany.
Un joven perteneciente a la alta burguesia rechaza todos los valores que le han sido impuestos por su familia, que no acepta su forma de vida. A él le gusta el teatro, la música y estar con sus amigos. Pese a sus esfuerzos por agradar, trabajando en el negocio familiar, se entera que su hermano le tacha de inútil y afeminado. Un filme que para sorpresa de sus creadores pasó la censura en su época, a pesar de tener escenas que claramente sugieren la homosexualidad de su protagonista.
En la capital de la Nueva España, a fines del siglo XVI, se culpa de una epidemia a los judíos. Uno de éstos, don Rodrigo de Carvajal, natural de Benavente, en España, es enterrado por su viuda Francisca y sus hijos Luis, Mariana, Baltasar y el dominico Fray Gaspar. Al advertir que los familiares del muerto practican ritos judíos, Fray Gaspar los denuncia a la Santa Inquisición. Sólo Baltasar logra huir, mientras que los demás son detenidos y encarcelados. Francisca es torturada por orden del Gran Inquisidor Fray Alonso de Peralta. Mariana es violada en su celda y Luis oye los gritos de su madre desde la suya, en la que está acompañado por el alucinado Fray Hernando, un espía.
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