中英双语话中国影视演艺圈 第8期:马路天使

Street Angel (1937)

《马路天使》（1937)

The Film Tells about the sufferings of lower classes in Shanghai: life experiences of a group of sworn brothers and the two sisters, Xiao Hong and Xiao Yun. The youth, Chen Shaoping, who was a trumpeter and news vendors, live together with his sworn brothers included Laowang, fruit seller, barber, and the street walker in an attic. Towards the attic live the two poor sisters, Xiao Hong and Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun had already been forced into lower prostitution while Xiao Hong had a fine throat by nature and served as a teahouse singer, with a stringed-instrument player. Xiao Hong and Xiao Chen gradually fell in love. The film reproduced the hard life of the cities' lower classes of 1930s, paid a tribu their kindness and attacked the gloomy society.

《马路天使》讲述的是上海底层人民的疾苦——一群“把兄弟”与小云和小红两姐妹之间的生活遭遇。青年陈少平是个吹鼓手，他和卖报的老王、卖水果的小贩、剃头司务、失业者结拜成兄弟，住在同一个弄堂的小阁楼上, 对面住着一对生活贫苦的姐妹小云和小红。小云在生活逼迫下只得做了下等妓女，小红天生一副好嗓子，就跟着琴师到茶馆去卖唱。小红和小陈每每对窗玩闹，日久生情。这部影片生动地再现了20世纪30年代都市下层人民的苦难生活，歌颂他们的善良，抨击黑暗的社会。

Made by Star Film Company, written and directed by Yuan Muzhi and starred by Zhao Dan and Zhou Xuan, Street Angel was an excellent realistic film with profound social significance and sky-high artistic was one of the representitive films dealing with social problem. It was considered as the symbolic work which made Chinese film art developed to its peak in the 1930s. It was selected as one of the Best 100 Chinese Films by the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards, ranked 11th and one of the outstanding Chinese films in 90 years.

《马路天使》是由明星影片公司制作，袁牧之自编、自导，赵丹、周璇主演的一部具有深刻社会意义和极高艺术成就的现实主义优秀影片，是我国早期社会问题片的代表作之一，成为20世纪30年代中国电影艺术发展高峰时期的标志性作品；在第24届香港电影节被选为“中国最优秀的100部电影”之一，排名第11位；是“中国电影九十年优秀影片”之一。

Zhou Xuan once said she had not been satistied by her films except Street Angel. And Zhao Dan had said Street Angel marked his actor career. The film may fairly claimed to be the classic sound film in 1930s. A French film historian, praised the film as " typical Chinese film with unique style”. Even today, it is still full of charm.

周璇曾经说过,她一生没有什么满意的电影，除了《马路天使》；赵丹说他真正的演员生涯是从《马路天使》开始的。本片堪称中国20世纪30年代有声片的经典。这部被法国著名电影史学家赞美为“风格极为独特，而且是典型中国式”的影 片，即使放到今天来看,依旧魅力不减。

The film also left us with the well-known songs, Song of the Four Seasons and Wandering Songstress.

本片还留下了至今仍脍炙人口的歌曲《四季歌》和《天涯歌女》。