Martin Schulz (Paul Lukas), a GermanAmerican art dealer, returns to Germany at the outbreak of World War Two, adopts the Nazi propaganda philosophy, refuses to protect the Jewish fiancee, Griselle Eisenstein (K.T. Stevens), of his son Heinrich Schulz (Peter Van Eyck), who has stayed in America to run the family busine
Maxx is a legionnaire turned mercenary. When a mission in South America goes wrong Maxx is left for dead, but he is nursed back to health and reborn with a new outlook on life. He tries to live tranquilly within the confines of his new beliefs surrounded by his new friends at a church. But his peaceful days are short-lived when mercenaries he used to work with cross his path again and he is forced to revisit and face his own demons. His brutal past, war and violence have come looking for him again. His path to redemption is interrupted and Maxx becomes an avenging warrior using the skills that were his trade
本部饱受争议的离奇影片围绕马戏团里一群畸形人展开。矮人汉斯(哈利·厄尔斯 Harry Earles饰)暗自倾心于“正常人”——美貌的秋千表演者克里奥佩特拉(奥尔加·巴古拉诺娃 Olga Baclanova饰),同为侏儒人的弗里达(黛西·厄尔斯 Daisy Earles饰)告诫汉斯,她只是为他的钱财。克里奥佩特拉与“正常人”大力士赫克留斯(道格•霍奇森 Henry Victor饰)两人相好,设计让克里奥佩特拉嫁给汉斯得到钱财。婚礼上,克里奥佩特拉大吼在场的人都是“FREAKS”,激怒了所有畸形人。雨夜,畸形人对这两个“正常人”展开了报复…… 本片在1932年发行后因题材过于怪诞而被禁止,成为了当时的赔钱电影。可在当下来看,却是一部难得的“正常”影片。导演向我们抛掷了一个赤裸裸的提问:到底谁才是“正常人”?
In this murder mystery musical, trouble comes in pairs on a cargo ship, when two brawlers come aboard and two female stowaways are subsequently discovered.