影片讲述第一次世界大战，中国直播托曼尼亚王国独裁者辛格尔（查理·卓别林饰）上台。他的大肆扩张导致战乱不断民不聊生。并且他大搞阴谋政策，中国直播煽动民众对犹太人的敌对与仇恨，让犹太人民陷入水深火热的灾难之中。被征入伍的犹太人理发师查理（查理·卓别林饰）更是在这样的高压政策下难逃一劫。当查理逃出边境时，被驻守在这里的军队误认为是独裁者辛格尔，他趁机做了一场“为自由而战斗”的大演说。该片是查理·卓别林的第一部有声片，摄于希特勒统治最为黑暗的时期，片中对他辛辣讽刺跟丑化比比皆是。本片荣获第13届（1941）奥斯卡最佳电影、最佳男主角、最佳男配角、最佳编剧、最佳音乐5项提名。
回复 :"The Witch Burnt Alive"After a very long, but visually arresting animated opening credits sequence, Luchino Visconti (Death in Venice) directs the first story, which is the longest of the five, taking approximately a third of the film's running length. Mangano plays a superstar actress and model who travels to a mountain resort, only to find the well-to-do inhabitants have prejudices and preconceived notions about her based on her public persona. The women are all jealous and the men all want to sleep with her, but all Mangano wants is to be left alone. It's a mostly somber satirical piece, but story-wise, it languishes in its modest idea a bit long, becoming inconsequential to all but those fascinated by the realities of being famous."Community Spirit"Bolognini's piece isn't really a story. It's more of a visual gag, in a short segment that features Mangano offering to take an injured man to a hospital, driving him at breakneck speed throughout the city, but not stopping at locations where he might find aid. I won't give away the punchline here, but it succeeds in being amusing, even if it's the kind of thing that only is interesting the first time through."The Earth Seen from the Moon"The esteemed writer/director, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salo), crafts the middle segment, which is the most artistic and memorable of the five. Reminiscent in style to "Don Quixote", a recently widowed father and his son travel around the country in search of a new wife and mother, and after a long period, they discover the literally speechless Mangano. She brings joy into their lives, but they are poor, and in order to find a better life for themselves, they concoct a scheme to try to make some quick cash. The story is contrived, and not completely interesting, but the outlandish performances, artwork, and costumes does evoke great charm and likeability. Although mute, it's probably the most appealing of Mangano's five performances, and Toto is terrific."The Sicilian"Franco Rossi directs the fourth an shortest piece, a straight-forward revenge story that comes and goes before it ever has a chance of becoming interesting. It's violent, but easily the least satisfying of the five stories."A Night Like Any Other"Eastwood's appearance is clearly the biggest attraction here, which was filmed in between the Sergio Leone "Dollars" trilogy. It's an enjoyable departure from his normal roles, playing a comedic romantic lead, and he is affably fun to watch. Famed Italian director, Vittorio de Sica (The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D.) does a masterful job with the story, which perfectly blends the mundane and the fantasy in a visually satisfying way. The story is about a bored housewife (Mangano, of course), who tries in vain to get her husband to realize that he is not as romantic as he used to be. The scene is interspersed with comedic romance sequences revolving around the couple's past romantic interludes, and dreams of how their lives should be.
廖隽嘉
回复 :1918年严冬，第一次世界大战和西班牙流感使得无数鬼魂漂泊于世间。从事遗体摄影的年轻人托马斯来到匈牙利的一座小村庄，目睹了一系列奇怪的超自然现象。他决定留下来调查鬼魂的意图，试着寻找摆脱它们的方法。十岁的孤儿安娜伴随他一起探险，在鬼魂愤怒的狂欢下度过重重险境。本片入围第36届华沙国际电影节国际竞赛单元。
张佩金
回复 :故事发生在1945年4月，吴家村坐落于湘西雪峰山的深处，这里人迹罕至，民风淳朴，生活平静而又祥和。然而，不知从什么时候起，村子里接连发生了种种令人匪夷所思的怪事，打破了一直以来笼罩着整个村庄的宁静氛围。吴振堂（王小毅 饰）是吴家村的村民，某日，他发现自家蒸好的米饭竟然不翼而飞，紧接着，村中的衣服，腊肉等物品接连无故失踪，让村民们百思不得其解。更可怕的还在后面，河里浮上来了一具尸体，其身份正是村中的外出的居民，正当众人因为这些怪事儿感到惶恐不安之时，他们并不知道，有一个更大、更恐怖的灾难即将侵袭这个村庄。
