电影简介Synopsis Falselyaccusedasthemurdererofmyownhusband...Oh,thecruelmachinationsoffatbbb!Afemaleteacher(LeeYong-ae)givessheltertoanescapedconvict,butherhusband,misconstruingherintentions,reactsviolentlyandaccidentallystabshimselftodeathintheprocess.Theteacherischargedwithherhusband'smurder,butfortunatelytheprosecutoronthecaseisaformerstudentofhers,ofwhomshehadtakenpainstakingcarewhenshewasworkingatanelementaryschool.Rememberingherkindnesstohim,theprosecutoruncoversherinnocenceincourt,andsheisacquittedofthecrime. Notes Asilentmoviethatallowsustoexaminethenarrator-accompaniedmethodof16mmfilms(ChungJong-wha) APublicProsecutorandaTeacherisfamiliartousfortheperformanceofShinChool,Korea'slastsilentmovienarrator(knownasbyeonsainKorean).Numerouscriticshaverecommendedthefilm,praisingitasasilentmoviethatallowsustoexaminethenarrator-accompaniedmethodof16mmfilms(ChungJong-wha),theworkofKorea'slastsilentmovienarrator(KimHong-joon),amoviethatreflectsthepublic'sconsciousnessandhasgreathistoricalvalue(LeeSeung-hun),andthearchetypalnew-schoolfilm(ChungSung-il).Asevidencedbysuchcommentary,APublicProsecutorandaTeacherenjoysgreaterrecognitionforitshistoricalvalueastheonlysurvivingsilentmovieinKoreathanforitsartisticortechnicalaspects.Whatisironicisthefactthatthisrecognitionderivesfromaproductionandscreeningmethodthatfellbehindthetimes,assoundfilms(ortalkies)hadalreadybecomethenormwhenthemoviewasfirstmade.Itsinclusioninthelististhereforebasedonitshistorical,socialcontextratherthanonthefilmitself. Afterword -NarratedbyShinChool,whoisknownasKorea'slastsilentfilmnarrator,APublicProsecutorandaTeacherhasbeenscreenedatseveralfilmfestivalssincethelatterhalfofthe1990s.
