English title: The Drunkard
(spoilers) A ruined farmer's son is helped by a priest who gives him lodging. He enrolls at a singing contest and wins first prize. With the money, he manages to finish medical school. He operates on a little girl who couldn't walk, and she then can walk again. He marries a nurse, but she is deceived by one of his relatives who convinces her to run away with him. The protagonist then becomes a wanderer and a drunkard. A final encounter with her provides a sort of closure to their story.
Inspired by a song by the leading actor, this is, with the exception of one sequence, one of the worst films ever made, so ridiculous it defies belief, and poorly acted by nearly everyone in its cast. The one sequence which arguably stands above the overall inanity is -- predictably -- the one featuring the title song -- it's practically impossible not to be moved by it, even though what comes before and after it is an appalling collection of absurdities. All that being said, anyone with an interest in popular culture will probably have a curiosity to watch it, especially since it has been very competently restored in the late 1990s.
Rating: 25
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