The Night Visitor

A grand festival celebration is being held in a huge white castle in the 15th century. The devil sent his creation among the acrobats. In this but beautiful opening scene, the costumers, actors and musicians, all steeped in French tradition, recreate the ancient fine-stroke figures with a perfect and accurate style. After this opening scene, the world presented by the writer and director remains unchanged in its medieval trappings. But their arguments changed. On the one hand, the film shows good people, people who have been made holy by love - the bard and the young lord's wife. On the other hand, there are evil people led by the devil himself, who is here mixed with fate. The film received the warmest reception. Carne originally wanted to perform this mythological story in the current era. Later, due to careful consideration, he changed the background to the Middle Ages, a period of superstition about devils and witchcraft. It turns out that in the playwright's mind, the devil is the image of Hitler. But this allusion is difficult to see in the film. The devil used magic to turn those lovers into stone statues and stood beside the fountain. The water reflected the knights' contest and the victory of evil. But the lovers who were chained and tortured finally couldn't