把罗马焚城后，亚洲惨无人道的暴君尼禄（查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰）将矛头指向基督徒，亚洲开始大规模肆意捕杀基督徒。不仅如此，尼禄更颁布了法令把抓获的基督徒送往竞技场。罗马最高军事军官马库斯（弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰）奉命残杀这些捕获的基督徒。被抓的基督徒中有两名老者准备逃跑，马库斯本欲逮捕他们，然而当马库斯看到他们的继女麦西卡（爱丽莎·兰迪 Elissa Landi 饰）时，情不自禁地一见倾心。楚楚动人的麦西卡，马库斯很快与她坠入爱河不能自拔，随之下令释放了所有基督徒。马库斯的这一举动，不仅激怒了暴君尼禄，更让一直暗恋他的皇后帕亚（克劳黛·考尔白 Claudette Colbert 饰）醋意大发，心生嫉妒。
老头
回复 :The issue of War widow representation in Israeli cinema is one of the most complex for the local industry for it seems to be unique and with a very local and specific iconography.The war Widow is a difficult character to digest. Because this is an especially painful topic in Israel, its mode of representation is almost always problematic.Gila Almagor in Tofano's "siege" is one of the first characters of the "modern" war widows to appear on Israeli cinema screens.The human and social complexity of the status of widows was not represented adequately and personally until her complex and fine appearance in this film.It was mostly Preceded by cliches of heroic women who have sacrificed for the nation with characters to which it was very difficult to get attached, nor to their personal grief."Siege" was directed by an unknown Italian director of that period. Although Gilberto Tofano was brought as a professional director on the wings of inspiration made by the French New Wave of those years, he managed to turn out a very exciting work which has caught the Israeli warmth and sense of social siege which surrounds the Israeli widows, including the great expectations from them and the social stigmas.Tofano wrapped his leading lady with lots of warmth and gave a place of honor to Almagor's impressive presence in the film.This is without a doubt one of Almagor's best and most accurate performances. The restraint in her performance plus the shooting and expressive use of angles by Tofano and his soft European touch which was far off from the aggressive local product managed to produce a sense of documenting an authentic tragedy with a tangible personal touch that minimized the national dimension. The result stands the test of time proudly several decades after its creation.
阿桑
回复 :该剧以真实事件为基础，分为两个时间段，讲述了导致谋杀和审判的事件。雷(巴勒特饰)和他23岁的弟弟内森(塔皮饰)在刺伤母亲的伴侣后被捕。无论什么情况下导致孩子杀人，法律是明确的:刑事责任的年龄是10岁，12岁时，雷必须在成人法庭接受审判。搬到他母亲维罗妮卡的家和他23岁的哥哥内森在一起，雷目睹了一场争吵，升级为他母亲的伴侣斯科特对他的兄弟进行的暴力斧头攻击。虽然被逮捕和审判，斯科特被无罪释放，并很快返回住在家里。家庭生活开始恶化，内森变得孤僻，不关心自己的健康和外表，而雷越来越承担起照顾的角色——为了内森，为了他的母亲，为了他的兄弟姐妹，维罗妮卡和斯科特的年幼的孩子。一天晚上，当男孩们听说斯科特威胁要再拿斧头时，兄弟俩对他发动了袭击，残忍地杀死了他。谋杀发生后，两兄弟被逮捕，并被指控犯有谋杀罪。内森和雷是分开的，因为他们进入司法系统，并满足各自的法律团队。Ray的团队由辩护律师Kerry Stephens领导，负责Ray在寄养家庭的安置(由于他的年龄和“被照顾的孩子”的身份)，等待他和他的兄弟一起在成人法庭受审。克里和她的团队准备了雷的辩护——他们会争辩说，雷在袭击当晚失去了控制，应该被判过失杀人罪而不是谋杀罪。随着审判的开始，他们发现内森的辩护团队已经决定内森不应该作证，让雷独自站在证人席上，为自己的辩护提供证据。
牛嘉
回复 :在一辆开往莫斯科的火车上，军事学院的学生安德烈.托尔斯泰（欧列格·缅希科夫 Oleg Menshikov饰）偶遇了风情万种的美国女人珍（朱莉娅·奥蒙德 Julia Ormond 饰），两人暗生情愫。珍谎称自己是个寡妇，来俄罗斯看 望疯狂的机械师父亲（理查德·哈里斯 Richard Harris 饰），但实际上是被请来骗取军事学院院长拉德洛夫将军（阿列克谢·彼得连科 Aleksey Petrenko 饰）信任的交际花，好让机械师的“西伯利亚理发师”伐木机能够顺利驶进西柏林亚。但是没想到将军对珍动了真感情，并想向她求婚，而安德烈对珍的感情愈演愈烈，珍一方面想接受安德烈的感情，另一方面又想完成任务，于是事件发展到了不可收拾的地步。在一次演出中安德烈因为嫉妒和误会，抽伤了院长，被流放到了西伯利亚。在火车站上尽管珍赶上了最后的送别，但是安德烈始终没能和珍见最后一面。十年后，珍终于在西伯利亚找到了安德烈的住所，但终究逃不过命运的改变……若干年后珍回到了美国，把这段往事在信中讲述给了军事学院的儿子。
