Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.
The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).
The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.
The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.
Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.
Roger Philip Mellor
要说我有什么电报机情结的话，那就是起源于看了这部电影。还记得当年看完情绪激昂，在贴吧里跟自称果粉的一个网友大战（互骂）了好几页，还好对方有可能是中二时期历史水平不怎么样，没有指出我是一个刚拿到小学文凭，相关知识都是从历史节目上看来的渣渣……
“同志们，永别了，我想念你们。”最后的蒙太奇就仿佛他注视着人民的军队一步步地解放了大陆一般。
依然感动于结尾的最后一句台词。李侠的牺牲没有刀架脖子，没有机枪射击，甚至反动派都没有近身，但画面出现了亲爱的同志们脱帽凝视窗外，定格在蓝天白云中李侠播报的身影，我们知道他就义了，这种没有爆破没有鲜血的结尾，仍然让人动容。
彩色修复的效果还挺不错，既很雅致，又情感丰富而高尚，令人动容。
之所以对于战争没什么共鸣，是因为我出生在相对和平的年代，出生在一个和平的国家。向中国人民解放军致敬！
演员们的表演和说话方式会容易让人出戏，但也不会是冲着表演来看的哇~那个绿色衣服的胖孩儿真的太可爱了，电影里的爹妈不管谁抱他，都拿他的大脸往人肩膀上贴贴
彩色修复版，太舞台剧化了，不像是在看电影，也不适合。
永不消逝的电波
#2021.10.6 4K彩色修复# 向李侠同志致敬！
影片还是可以的。剧情丰富，波折较多，最后的结尾实现升华。
感受了一次爱国主义教育，那么糟糕的画质里我竟然看到了男女主之间浓浓的爱，女主第一次看男主发电报的时候那崇拜的目光特别打动人，还有女反派的配音听起来特别有感觉。
费时费力把黑白电影转成彩色，不仅失掉了原有的美学特色，还呈现出这样的效果，希望不要有第二次了。
从小看了很多遍的经典电影，就是这部影片让我知道孙道临那一代的演员真是当之无愧的艺术家！致敬！
那个年代的电影无法用现代的审美价值来评价，梅派表演加上脸谱化性格构成的，一部符合意识形态的作品，选择在今年的国庆档期间重映，到底是弘扬主旋律的意味还是教化人们进一步催眠大家，也不好给出判断…以后，你会给孩子唱《黄河大合唱》的催眠曲吗？以后，你会记得组织分配对象的时代吗，信仰不容置疑，但强调就太过俗套…应该是看过的第一部中国第三代导演的片子，值得记录…
很早就听说过，也看过一点简介，最近才看。放在当时看就很“难为他怎生想来”的好看，像《潜伏》一些桥段大约就是跟它学的吧。以及说着玩，当年电影里果然只有女特务才有更漂亮的旗袍穿闪亮亮的首饰戴呀hhhhhhhhh
我小时候印象里的孙道临永远都是一部儒雅风度翩翩的模样，而正是这样一个看起来手无缚鸡之力的书生，却有着最坚定的革命意志，而他最后在敌人的枪口下仍然坚持发报，我相信一定会成为影史上不会忘记的画面。
“第七穿插连应到一百五十七人，实到一人。”
老革命李侠同志携手家人在上海为组织发送情报的故事！
电影没有高超多彩的镜头语言，绝大部分转场也基本都靠叠化和黑幕，但恰恰是朴素真实的笔触，才能描摹出那个时代最坚定的信仰、最深沉的爱，正如敌人的形容“这般点划清楚，犹如一汪清水。”
首部黑白转彩色4k修复的故事片，大银幕观看加分不少，虽然电影手法跟表演方式会过时，但是革命先烈的故事与精神是不朽的，孙道临演绎了什么是正气长存，大义凛然，最后一封电报发出了，李侠的精神却永存于电波中。“同志们，永别了，我想你们”7.3
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