剧情介绍
魔法师的爱情与复仇。
Novelist Alexander Dumas tells his writer-son of Joseph Balsamo, a gypsy boy in southern France who was embittered because his parents were wrongfully hanged and he himself was tortured by the order of Viscount de Montagne. Years later, the man, a carnival charlatan, attracts the attention of Dr. Mesmer, a pioneer in the study of hypnotism. Balsamo rejects Mesmer's plea that he use his power for healing and, instead, decides to use it to seek wealth and fame. He changes his name to Count Cagliostro, and achieves fame throughout Europe by mixing hypnotism with mysticism and showmanship. He is called to cure a girl, Lorenza, held by De Montagne, because she resembles Marie Antoinette, wife of the heir to the throne of France. Cagliostro decides to join De Montagne and Madame du Barry in a plot to seize the power by discrediting the future Queen. Cagliostro achieves his revenge on De Montagne by persuading him to hang himself. He makes Lorenza marry him but can never make her love him. Her love is for Gilbert de Rezel, the captain of Marie Antoinette's guard. In a dramatic court scene, Cagliostro's power of hypnotism is turned against him by Dr. Mesmer and he is seen as a madman. His faithful gypsy friends, Gitano and Zoraida, try to help him escape but he is killed by de Rezel in a roof-top duel.
大仲马二三流水准，冷门不是没道理的，威尔斯竟罕见地失准，没贡献什么演技。
以为在讲梅斯梅尔找来看看，结果竟是个极其边缘的角色。非常戏剧化的内容，现在看来很有喜剧效果，由于并不是我所需要的内容，看了一半没有再花时间去看了，蛮抓马的
估计不是威尔斯导演的，顶多就挂了个名
补
3.5+ 这跟The Stranger的死法差不多嘛...奥逊对古典名著还是挺有自己想法的，从一心复仇的少年到将整个欧洲玩弄于掌心的黑魔王，可以看到权力一步步侵蚀一个人的悲剧，观众对其的感情也逐渐变得复杂（当然我不能代表本就对某些族群有成见的白人观众哈）。奥逊的表演虽然有点self-indulgent但足够有层次，不过与其说是表演不如说是个人魅力，他的双眼太有诱惑力了，美了黑化妆扮演外族，反而更摄人心魄，迷醉。
Orson Welles’s intimidating body frame and intense eyes…
都快赶上玄幻剧了，剧情也比较拖沓
改编自大仲马的《风雨术士：巴尔萨莫男爵》，但是故事完全不一样了，最后的坠楼仍是威尔斯的标志性死法（《陌生人》、《麦克白》）
2016113 这绝逼是在黑吉卜赛人……
會說這是威爾斯拍的影評人大概沒看過威爾斯的片吧...