Two wandering minstrels, Gilles and Dominique, arrive at the castle of the Baron Hugh just as he announces the engagement of his daughter Anne to the knight Renaud. However Gilles and Dominique have really sold their souls to The Devil and have been charged with traveling throughout the land and tempting mortals into damnation by causing them to fall in love with them. Dominique causes both Renaud and Hugh to fall for her. Meanwhile Gilles seduces Anne but then falls for her himself. And so The Devil arrives in person to visit a cruel punishment on the two lovers.

The film's juggling of virtue, pure-hearted innocence, betrayal, diabolic traps that force innocents into soul-selling sacrifices for their lovers, and, most importantly, love which is seen as a pure force above all else, has a wonderful classical splendor to it.

And when it comes to magic, director Carné emphasizes a cinematic simplicity and as a result achieves a magic that many films with vast and more elaborate special effects do not.

吟遊詩人吉爾和多明妮嘉剛好在男爵宣佈他的女兒安妮和武士雷諾訂婚的時候來到城堡。可是，吉爾和多明妮嘉其實已將他們的靈魂賣了給魔鬼，並被命令四處引誘凡人愛上他們，好讓那些凡人的靈魂被打入萬劫不復的地獄中。多明妮嘉成功令男爵和雷諾愛上她，而同時，吉爾引誘安妮但他自己也愛上了她。因此，魔鬼親自到來懲罰這對戀人。

本片講述德行、純潔的心、不忠，還有魔鬼千方百計設陷阱，目的就是為使純潔的人為了愛人而出賣靈魂，以及愛純潔的力量能戰勝一切。

導演馬徹爾．卡尼拍攝這部電影時沒有像其他的電影一樣借助複雜的特別效果，只利用樸實無華的電影手法便成功地為本片賦予一種經典華麗的感覺。

1942 / B&W 黑白 / 120mins

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Director 導演 ： Marcel Carné 馬徹爾 ‧ 卡尼

Cast 演員 ： Arletty, Fernand Ledoux, Marie Déa
雅萊蒂、費爾南‧勒杜、
馬麗‧黛亞