皇冠上的珍珠

OriginallytitledLesPerlesdeCouronne,thisSachaGuitryhistoricalextravaganzastarsbothGuitryandhiswifeJacquelineDelubac.Theplotlinehingesonfourvaluablepearls,whichpassfromhandtohandoveraperiodofseveralcenturies,fromthetimeofBritain'sHenryVIIItothepresent.Allofthisisofferedinflashbackform,asagroupofmodern-daytreasurehunterstrytolocatethreeofthemissingpearlsbytracingthembacktotheirpreviousowners.GuitryshowsupasKingFrancisI,BarrasandNapoleonIII,inadditiontohiscontemporarypersonaofJeanMartin;DebulacisseenasMaryQueenofScotsandEmpressJosephine.Thereisn'tascintillaofhistoricalaccuracyinthefilm,nordidGuitryhavetheslightestintentionofincludingany;hissolepurposewastoentertaintheaudienceandserveupasuperblyironicdenoument.ThesupportingcastisapolyglotofFrench,EnglishandItalianactors,eachspeakinginhisorherownlanguage.ThescreenplayforPearlsoftheCrownwascowrittenbyGuitryandanotherimmenselytalentedfilmmaker,Christian-Jaque.~HalErickson,Rovi    已现在的眼光看来，这部电影其实也是极具实验性质的。导演 Sacha Guitry并不把主要精力用于构筑故事整体情节上，（个人认为，导演是持历史虚无主义观点的）。而是以典型的舞台话叙事语言，精心设计每一个电影场景，演员们的每一个举手投足，和他们的每一句台词。     但他的目的呢？显然也只是“为了实验而实验，为了艺术而艺术”。    所以，我只能说它是一部极有趣的电影，而不愿称它为一部“经典的电影”。