改编自维克多.雨果(Victor Hugo)小说"笑面人(L'Homme qui rit,1869)"。
主人公格温普兰是贵族后裔,从小落入人贩子之手,被毁容摧残,脸上始终像在怪笑。好心的江湖艺人于苏斯把他收为义子,并把格温普兰从雪地上救起的盲姑娘蒂也收养了下来。他们几个四海飘泊,靠卖艺为生。后来由于偶然的因素和英国政坛的需要,格温普兰得以重获爵位,但他拒绝了这一肮脏的恩赐,宁愿回到他的患难伙伴那里;这时蒂已身患重病。在盲姑娘离开人世后,格温普兰悲痛万分,投海自杀。
Sir David Attenborough is to present and narrate a new landmark film, Climate Change The Facts for BBC One. The documentary will provide an urgent look at the science of climate change and the potential solutions to this global threat, combining footage that reveals the already devastating impact of climate change on our planet with interviews from some of the world’s leading climate scientists. After one of the hottest years on record, climatologists and meteorologists explain the effects of climate change on both the human population and the natural world. Scientists, including Dr James Hansen, Dr Michael Mann and Professor Catherine Mitchell will forensically unpack the science behind the extreme weather conditions of recent years, which have seen unprecedented storms and catastrophic wildfires; as well as detailing how the accelerating rate at which the world’s ice is melting is causing sea level rises, and how deforestation is exacerbating the problem of global warming by adding to CO2 in the atmosphere. The film will deliver an unflinching exploration of what dangerous levels of climate change could mean for human populations, what is likely to happen if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees and if major reductions in CO2 emissions are not made in the next decade. The documentary looks too at potential solutions, exploring the innovations, technology and actions the world's governments and industries are taking to prevent further warming and showcasing individuals who are creating change at grassroots levels. In the film, Sir David Attenborough says In the 20 years since I first started talking about the impact of climate change on our world, conditions have changed far faster than I ever imagined. It may sound frightening but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies. We're running out of time but there's still hope… I believe that if we better understand the threat we face, the more likely it is that we can avoid such a catastrophic future.”
故事发生在1944年的波兰,德军的铁蹄踏上了这片苦难的土地,一时间,生灵涂炭,此处成为了人间地狱。身为犹太男孩,雅各布(罗宾·威廉斯 Robin Williams 饰)和许多与他一样的男孩们被迫被德军做牛做马,所有的信息渠道被军队封锁,波兰成为了一座孤城。
一次偶然中,雅各布从收音机中听到了德军正在与苏军激战的消息,战斗地点不在别处,就在离波兰只有几百公里的本沙尼克。士气高昂的雅各布决定将这条珍贵的消息告诉更多的人,在雅各布的添油加醋之下,盟军苏联已然在争斗中获得了不可逆转的优势。这条虚假信息振奋了犹太人的士气,却也传到了德军的耳中,他们开始了缜密的调查,势要抓到造谣生事的始作俑者。