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Katherine of Alexandria, brought up as a nomad and living in the desert, was aged just 11 when Emperor Maxentius saw her whilst out on patrol. Consumed by her beauty, impudence and uncanny talent for languages, he abducted the child, killing her family. The slaughter was witnessed by her young friend, Constantine, who would later become Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He never lost hope of finding Katherine. As a young woman, Katherine refused to submit to Maxentius' offers of marriage and she continually denounced his brutal enforcement of pagan religion upon the masses. Still obsessed with her beauty, Maxentius brought Katherine before 50 of Rome's finest scholars in an open court in Alexandria, where she eloquently demolished their arguments. When Constantine learned of Katherine's whereabouts and imprisonment at the hands of Maxentius, he led his army from York in a desperate bid to save her.。被米洛斯福曼誉为「捷克新浪潮的精神领袖」，本片是导演佛柴克亚斯尼于1969年荣获坎城影展最佳导演的作品，故事背景横跨近20年，从1948年第二次世界大战结束后到1968年苏联入侵捷克为止。一个原本纯朴自然的农村，在战后好不容易欢欣鼓舞新生，却又被紧接而来的共产主义迅速赤化摧残，而原本乐天知命的村民也因此开始明争暗斗、尔虞我诈。这部发人深省、充满诗意的影片将人性的丑陋、自私和悲剧精彩地呈现在近两小时的荒诞剧中，不容错过。。