检事和女先生

SynopsisFalselyaccusedasthemurdererofmyownhusband...Oh,thecruelmachinationsoffate!Afemaleteacher(LeeYong-ae)givessheltertoanescapedconvict,butherhusband,misconstruingherintentions,reactsviolentlyandaccidentallystabshimselftodeathintheprocess.Theteacherischargedwithherhusbandsmurder,butfortunatelytheprosecutoronthecaseisaformerstudentofhers,ofwhomshehadtakenpainstakingcarewhenshewasworkingatanelementaryschool.Rememberingherkindnesstohim,theprosecutoruncoversherinnocenceincourt,andsheisacquittedofthecrime.NotesAsilentmoviethatallowsustoexaminethenarrator-accompaniedmethodof16mmfilms(ChungJong-wha)APublicProsecutorandaTeacherisfamiliartousfortheperformanceofShinChool,Koreaslastsilentmovienarrator(knownasbyeonsainKorean).Numerouscriticshaverecommendedthefilm,praisingitasasilentmoviethatallowsustoexaminethenarrator-accompaniedmethodof16mmfilms(ChungJong-wha),theworkofKoreaslastsilentmovienarrator(KimHong-joon),amoviethatreflectsthepublicsconsciousnessandhasgreathistoricalvalue(LeeSeung-hun),andthearchetypalnew-schoolfilm(ChungSung-il).Asevidencedbysuchcommentary,APublicProsecutorandaTeacherenjoysgreaterrecognitionforitshistoricalvalueastheonlysurvivingsilentmovieinKoreathanforitsartisticortechnicalaspects.Whatisironicisthefactthatthisrecognitionderivesfromaproductionandscreeningmethodthatfellbehindthetimes,assoundfilms(ortalkies)hadalreadybecomethenormwhenthemoviewasfirstmade.Itsinclusioninthelististhereforebasedonitshistorical,socialcontextratherthanonthefilmitself.Afterword:-NarratedbyShinChool,whoisknownasKoreaslastsilentfilmnarrator,APublicProsecutorandaTeacherhasbeenscreenedatseveralfilmfestivalssincethelatterhalfofthe1990s.