Shortly before he is to wed, millionaire John Willis is visited by Dr. Harry S. Blair, a psychiatrist who informs him that years before he was married to Nancy, John's wife-to-be, and warns him that she is mentally unbalanced.
Blair then relates the following story: After a whirlwind romance in Florida, Blair marries Nancy and starts a psychiatric practice in New York. One day, artist Norman Clyde comes to his office and tells him that an innocent man is about to be executed in Sing Sing Prison and that Nancy is the cause of his unjust incarceration. A distraught Clyde then explains himself to a curious Blair:
Three years before, Clyde meets Nancy, whose maiden name was Monks, when she enrolls in his art class. The moody Clyde soon falls in love with Nancy's honest charm and beauty. Nancy, a secretary, introduces Clyde to her boss, millionaire Andrew Bonner, and persuades Bonner to showcase Clyde's paintings at one of his private showings. To Nancy's delight, Clyde's painting, a depiction of the tragic figure Cassandra for which she modeled, wins first prize at the showing. The evening is perfect until an expensive bracelet is stolen from a guest, and Clyde later finds it in Nancy's purse. After Clyde confronts a confused Nancy about the theft, she relates the following story to explain her behavior:
As a young girl, Nancy lives with her housekeeper mother in the lavish Willis home and plays with Karen, the Willises' little daughter. Although Karen wants to invite Nancy to her upcoming birthday party, Mrs. Willis refuses to allow the lower-class Nancy to attend. A true friend, Karen promises to give Nancy one of the pins her guests are receiving. When Karen realizes there are no extra pins, however, she offers Nancy the beautiful locket she has just received from her mother. Nancy's subsequent joy is soon crushed when Mrs. Willis demands that she return the locket. Later, the locket is discovered missing, and Nancy is accused of theft. Although Nancy's mother soon finds the locket in Karen's dress, Mrs. Willis refuses to believe Nancy and forces her to "confess."
The adult Nancy then admits to Clyde that this childhood humiliation caused her unconscious desire to steal the bracelet at the party. After a forgiving Clyde returns the bracelet anonymously, he and Nancy continue their romance until the next party at the Bonners'. Suspecting that the absent Nancy is spending the evening in Bonner's arms, Clyde leaves the party to look for her and sees her exiting Mrs. Bonner's bedroom just after two gunshots are fired. Bonner is found murdered, and Mrs. Bonner's diamond necklace, stolen. Although Nancy and Clyde are questioned, valet Myron Dexter is eventually found guilty and is sentenced to die. Clyde, however, strongly suspects Nancy, but she angrily maintains her innocence and leaves for Florida.
Back in his office, Blair defends Nancy to Clyde but invites him to his house that evening. When confronted, Nancy denies everything and tells Blair that Clyde is merely jealous. The next day, Dexter is executed, and a guilt-ridden Clyde jumps from Blair's office window to his death.
To avoid scandal, Blair and Nancy move to England, and after World War II breaks out, Blair volunteers his medical services, while Nancy becomes an ambulance driver. Expressing concern over Blair's health, Nancy insists that they take a vacation at Lord and Lady Wyndham's manor house. Just as they are leaving, Blair learns that one of Lady Wyndham's valuable jewels has been stolen. Blair suspects Nancy but is unable to prove anything until a bomb destroys their flat and reveals her cache of stolen jewels.
Although confronted directly, Nancy continues to deny any guilt and divorces Blair after he suffers a nervous breakdown. Back in John's study, Blair, like Clyde before him, tries to convince John to abandon Nancy, who now uses the name Patton. John, however, believes Nancy when she tells him that Blair is still suffering from his breakdown.
Moments before the wedding is to start, Nancy's future mother-in-law, the unsuspecting Mrs. Willis, gives her the same locket that she once took away, and tells her that it is a precious family heirloom. The locket causes Nancy to be overcome with guilt, and she collapses at the altar in hysterics. As Nancy is later taken away to an institution, John sadly realizes the truth of Blair's story, but determines to see Nancy through her crisis.
这没想到这么烂，再精美的服化道也掩盖不了剧本的弱智，不知道是原著小说的弱还是改编的弱，种种不符基本逻辑、违背常识的弱智场景看得让人尴尬要死（您干嘛不再喊大声点“我要刺杀希特勒”），“夏洛特小姐”和老戏骨们也救不了这烂戏，俩男主角除了长得好看演技也是令人尴尬，一个面瘫一个“马景涛”。。。
对这个电影的好感更多来自于求知欲的满足，从来不对二战感兴趣，以往的了解都来自于影音资料。在还原历史的基础上，凸显了几个人物，历史既视感很强。两位小人物的性格直接影射了英国的保守与德国的激进。小人物的努力与首相的选择做出对比，深感政治真是无上的脑力游戏。
小酒店的重逢；
为张伯伦正名，慕尼黑协议被解释成为牺牲个人名誉换取备战时间的战略决定
去掉两位虚构的主角，这可以算得上是一部张伯伦传了，有人说有洗白嫌疑，但恰好也给了历史课本里没有的角度，即便在那样的一个年代，许多人都在为和平不懈努力，不管是虚假的亦或是短暂的，再看当下一群人还喊着乌拉
民众想要什么不想要什么似乎只看到的是短期效应和即时生效的利益，而政治家们却在看到短期时，也会留心长期。在与流氓对抗打牌时的确需要留一手，特别是当斡旋与谈判无法抵挡时代历史的走向和洪流时，为了长期，当下不得不作出牺牲也是必然的政治策略了。政治伦理是权衡利弊，结果比过程重要，数百万的死与几万的死其实并无区别，只要能结束能赢，目的也就达到了。然而民众最终都要为他们为自己虚幻的选择而买单，战争的绞肉机，一旦开始，民众都难逃被当炮灰被献祭的命运，只有政客，参与历史，留名历史，对历史负责，活着或死去，时间也会慢慢诉说他们的故事和抉择，历史是他们的游戏，至于民众从来都是尘埃，没有真正的选择权，也没有真正的自由意志，更不会真正参与到政治游戏中。BTW牛津同窗好嗑啊，德圈太小，男演员几乎都演了纳，太绝了不是。
历史 但最终历史并不由他们书写 强国可以决定弱国命运 人类的欲望永远是征服 征服永远是发动战争 没有永恒稳定的和平 无论放在哪个年代 都是定律
导演把蓝眼睛帅哥拍得太好看了，帅哥演技也很好。运镜很有想法，就是故事有点无聊
导演把蓝眼睛帅哥拍得太好看了，帅哥演技也很好。运镜很有想法，就是故事有点无聊
7 历史永远比想象的更具体，也更现实，更无情，片中呈现的政治博弈还是偏戏剧性。guarding angel 很美。二战真是一个非常非常值得写的总母题，对于一二战间隙的和平争取，服务于错误的高尚事业的迷茫（《长日将尽》），战争与代际以及个人成长的绑定及其反思（《浮世画家》）。狂热地支持一项事业并不惜代价，巅峰就是战争。想读读《张伯伦传》了，是否真是 to buy time at the expense of one's own reputation
有几幕台词和画面的对应非常精巧，保罗和休的台词被休和妻子重现，但此刻休已经变成了“保罗”。凌晨街头汽车里关于谈判还是暴力的争吵其实象征着谈和还是战争吧，连阵营如出一辙。但我们去看的时候会知道谈判和暴力已经不再是他们能做的选择了，历史已经形成了，另一种行动必然会失败…
在虚构的历史片段里回答现实的问题: 我们不能选择自己生活的时代，我们唯一的选择就是如何回应。
execuse me？导演拍这部电影完美诠释啥叫普信没有国界
架空历史片，张伯伦真是各种让啊…也难怪二战后英国被彻底肢解……
翻案张伯伦，希特勒找的演员莫不是之前演喜剧的那个？
稍显冗长，但保罗握枪犹豫那一段确实让人心跳加速，甚至按下了暂停键缓一缓。张伯伦的选角很合适。但人物形象整体还是太过于扁平，比如张伯伦的形象似乎非常完美。
我至今仍然记得初中历史课本里猛烈地抨击张伯伦，以至于一提到绥靖两个字，我首先想到的就是他挥舞着那张纸的样子，仿佛他才是那个反派。电影的结尾说张伯伦的做法让盟国有了充足的准备赢得战争，其实如何评价张伯伦，这个问题的答案并不重要，重要的是要有自己的思考，以及多角度看问题的意识。
张伯伦一直以绥靖政策而被作为丘吉尔的反面例子，这一部给了一些不同的视角，虽然很无力。
这部电影的气质完全可以呼应《国王的演讲》。历史无法假设，历史中的人物所面对的，所选择的也是同样，坚持媾和所需的勇气也决不会低于开战。想起陈璧君被审判的时候对检察官说的那番“说汪先生卖国，重庆治下的地区，由不得汪先生去卖；汪政权治下的地区，是中国的沦陷区，也就是日军的占领区，并无一寸之土，是由汪先生断送的。在沦陷区是沦陷了的土地，只有从敌人手中争回权利，还有什么国可卖？”。电影里有句台词我很喜欢“我们不能选择自己生活的时代，我们唯一的选择就是如何回应”，共勉。
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