William Dieterle — Director (39)

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Elephant Walk (1954)
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other title: 象宫鸳劫 / 逻宫大神秘
一个锡兰农庄主的妻子不堪丈夫的木讷而移情别恋,在经受了霍乱、季风和象群的侵扰后认识到丈夫才是自己最爱的人。但奥利弗怂恿费雯·丽接受邀请,尽管他自己没有接受担任男主角的邀请。此时奥利弗自组的戏剧演出公司濒临破产的边缘,费雯接拍电影所获得的高额片酬无疑大有用处。费雯·丽就此踏上了远赴锡兰热带丛林的旅程,而她的人生悲剧也就此面临新的磨难。

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
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other title: 巴黎圣母院 / 钟楼怪人 …
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

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I'll Be Seeing You (1945)
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other title: 我将来看你 / 相逢有日(港) …
正在监狱服刑的玛丽(金格尔·罗杰斯 Ginger Rogers 饰)获得了意料之外的八天假期,她决定利用这个假期前往派恩希去探望叔叔。在火车上,玛丽邂逅了名为扎克(约瑟夫·科顿 Joseph Cotten 饰)的军士,两人相谈甚欢。得知玛丽要到派恩希,扎克和她在同一个车站下了车。 玛丽的到来受到了叔叔的热烈欢迎,可是侄女芭芭拉(秀兰·邓波儿 Shirley Temple 饰)却因为知道玛丽是囚犯而对她心怀警觉。但随着时间的推移,芭芭拉在玛丽的身上看到了美好的品质,也得知了玛丽入狱的前因后果,两人冰释前嫌。这八天里,玛丽和扎克之间的感情火速升温,离别的日子眼看就要来临,两人心中都充满了痛苦。

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The Turning Point (1952)
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威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 威廉·霍尔登 / 艾德蒙·奥布莱恩 …
other title: 盗血英魂 / 转折点 …
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.

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September Affair (1950)
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other title: 九月情事 / 秋恋(港/台) …
An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation collapses when they come to pursue their original, individual interests without choosing a common path.

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Salome (1953)
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other title: 莎乐美 / 圣血红颜
莎乐美(丽塔·海华斯 Rita Hayworth 饰)是风情万种的美丽少女,她的母亲希罗底( 朱迪丝·安德森 Judith Anderson 饰)曾经犯了弑父之罪,之后改嫁希律王(查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰)。施洗约翰(艾兰·巴德尔 Alan Badel 饰)非常鄙视希罗底曾经犯下的罪孽,对她出言不逊,希罗底因此怀恨在心,并且开始寻找报复施洗约翰的机会。 希律王将施洗约翰关入牢中,他的坚贞和正义吸引了莎乐美的注意,莎乐美在施洗约翰面前跳了一支求爱之舞,但施洗约翰不为所动。之后,莎乐美又在希律王面前表演了美妙绝伦的七层纱之舞,龙颜大悦的希律王答应满足莎乐美的一切要求。

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Tennessee Johnson (1943)
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威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 凡·赫夫林 / 莱昂纳尔·巴里摩尔 …
other title: 田纳西的约翰逊 / 田纳西·约翰逊 …
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.

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Juarez (1939)
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威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 保罗·穆尼 / 贝蒂·戴维斯 …
other title: 锦绣山河 / Juarez et Maximilien …
Louis Napoleon III takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximillian Hapsburg to add Mexico to his empire. of Mexico.

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Man Wanted (1932)
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威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 凯·弗朗西斯 / 大卫·曼纳斯
other title: 大众情人
Lois Ames is devoted to her job as the editor of a magazine, and her wealthy husband Fred is equally dedicated to polo and parties. Lois's long hours drive her secretary to quit, and she replaces her with Tom Sheridan, who happens to be in the office demonstrating a rowing machine. Tom likes the work and continues to advance until he is indispensable to Lois. Ruth Holman, Tom's fiancée, is jealous of Tom's relationship with Lois and with some reason, as he is falling in love with her. In the meantime, Fred is having an affair with Ann Le Maire, a woman whose interests are closer to his own. Because he feels his love for Lois is hopeless, Tom quits his job and plans his marriage to Ruth. Lois tries to patch things up with Fred, but he suggests that they divorce instead. On Tom's last night, Lois keeps him working late. Ruth is furious and storms up to the office where Lois and Tom are dining. She threatens to tell Lois's husband about their relationship, which leaves the way clear for Lois to announce her pending divorce. Ruth breaks off her engagement to Tom, and he immediately asks Lois to marry him.

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All That Money Can Buy (1941)
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★ 6.5 6 ratings
other title: 黑夜煞星 / 魔鬼与丹尼尔·韦伯斯特 …
A down-on-his-luck farmer makes a deal with the devil for seven years of prosperity. When Mr. Scratch comes to collect, orator and hero of the common man Daniel Webster comes to the rescue. Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benet. Also known as "All That Money Can Buy."

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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
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other title: 埃尔利希博士的魔弹 / Paul Ehrlich – Ein Leben für die Forschung …
Dr. Paul Ehrlich was the German physician who developed the first synthetic antimicrobial drug, 606 or Salvarsan. The film describes how Ehrlich first became interested in the properties of the then-new synthetic dyes and had an intuition that they could be useful in the diagnosis of bacterial diseases. After this work met with success, Ehrlich proposed that synthetic compounds could be made to selectively target and destroy disease causing microorganisms. He called such a drug a "magic bullet". The film describes how in 1908, after 606 attempts, he succeeded.

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The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
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★ 7.3 10 ratings
威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 保罗·穆尼 / 盖尔·桑德加德 …
other title: 左拉传 / 左拉光荣传(港) …
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.