简介：影片讲述的是6个多塞特劳工被驱逐到澳大利亚，并在1830年组建了史诗般的托尔普德尔蒙难者联盟工会…… "Comrades"hasbeendescribedasoneofthelostmasterpiecesofEuropeancinema.Itappearedin1987tocriticalacclaimthendisappearedalmostasquickly. FormyopinionBillDouglas'smasterpiecestandsalongsidethebestofTarkovsky,BressonandBergman.Withinminutestheviewerispulledintoastoryofloveandpassion,solidarityandbravery.'Comrades'isnotjustone-dimensionalpoliticalpolemiceither.Farfromit.Norjustahistoricalepic.Thisischaracter-drivenstory-tellingofthehighestorder,definitely,althoughtherearemanylayerstothefilm.Itfusesandtranscendsbothnarrativedramaandtheavantegardeandcriesoutforfurtherviewings. Inmanyways'Comrades'isanexperimentalvisionarymovieaswellasatributetothecinemathatcamebeforecinema.(Watchoutforthemagiclanternistwhoappearsinmanyguises.)Interestingly,thefamousactorsoftheday-whoDouglasdidn'twantinthefilmbutwasforcedtouse-werecastastheaffluentclasseswhilecompleteunknownswerecastastheMartyrsandtheirfamilies. DirectorBillDouglaswasamanknewaboutpovertyandstruggle.HewasraisedinabjectpovertyinNewcraighall,whichwasthenanimpoverishedminingvillageontheoutskirtsofEdinburgh.Hisautobiographical'Trilogy'-filmedinapost-warNewcraighallthatisnowgone-ishisonlyothercinematicoutput.Butwhatawork!ItisbyfarthefinestcinematicachievementtoevercomeoutofScotland.Eventhefilmscriptsof'Trilogy'areworksofliteratureintheirownright.…