Desmond Davis — Director (9)

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The Agatha Christie Hour: In a Glass Darkly (1982)
The Agatha Christie Hour: In a Glass Darkly Douban
德斯蒙德·戴维斯 actor: 尼古拉斯·克莱 / Emma Piper
other title: 神秘的镜子
In the period prior to World War One Matthew Armitage is a house guest of the Carslake family for a weekend party, and, in the mirror, sees an image of Sylvia, the daughter of the house, being throttled by a man with a scarred neck - just as Sylvia's fiance is similarly scarred. Matthew fights in the war and afterwards returns,scarred mentally and physically, to marry Sylvia. He becomes irrationally jealous of her and realises that he is the man whose face he saw in the mirror. How can he stop himself from murdering his wife?

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Measure for Measure (1979)
Measure for Measure Douban
other title: 一报还一报 / 量罪记
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His sister, Isabella (a nun-in-training), however, is a very persuasive pleader. She goes to Angelo, but instead of freeing her brother, she gets an offer from Angelo to save Claudio's life if Isabella sleeps with him. The only sympathetic friend Isabella has is a priest who, in actuality, is the Duke in disguise...and he has a plan.

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Camille (1984)
Camille Douban
★ 7.0 8 ratings
other title: 茶花女
乡下少女玛格丽特(格列塔·斯卡奇 Greta Scacchi 饰)来到繁华的大都市巴黎,摇身一变成为了欢场之中的交际花,人们给她娶了一个代号——“茶花女”。玛格丽特不幸染上了肺病,在疗养院修养期间,玛格丽特结识了裘拉第公爵。公爵刚刚失去了女儿,而玛格丽特和他的女儿样貌极为相似,触景生情的公爵收养了玛格丽特,负担了她的生活费用。 一次偶然中,玛格丽特邂逅了名为阿尔芒(科林·费斯 Colin Firth 饰)的英俊青年。阿尔芒被玛格丽特的魅力所吸引,向她展开了火热的攻势。阿尔芒的温柔令玛格丽特深受感动,她渐渐放下了过去,接受了这段真挚的感情,然而,两人的恋情却遭到了阿尔芒的家人的强烈反对。