检事和女先生

　　Synopsis　　&quotFalselyaccusedasthemurdererofmyownhusband...Oh,thecruelmachinationsoffate!&quotAfemaleteacher(LeeYong-ae)givessheltertoanescapedconvict,butherhusband,misconstruingherintentions,reactsviolentlyandaccidentallystabshimselftodeathintheprocess.Theteacherischargedwithherhusband&#39smurder,butfortunatelytheprosecutoronthecaseisaformerstudentofhers,ofwhomshehadtakenpainstakingcarewhenshewasworkingatanelementaryschool.Rememberingherkindnesstohim,theprosecutoruncoversherinnocenceincourt,andsheisacquittedofthecrime.　　Notes　　&quotAsilentmoviethatallowsustoexaminethenarrator-accompaniedmethodof16mmfilms&quot(ChungJong-wha)　　APublicProsecutorandaTeacherisfamiliartousfortheperformanceofShinChool,Korea&#39slastsilentmovienarrator(knownas&quotbyeonsa&quotinKorean).Numerouscriticshaverecommendedthefilm,praisingitas&quotasilentmoviethatallowsustoexaminethenarrator-accompaniedmethodof16mmfilms&quot(ChungJong-wha),&quottheworkofKorea&#39slastsilentmovienarrator&quot(KimHong-joon),amoviethat&quotreflectsthepublic&#39sconsciousnessandhasgreathistoricalvalue&quot(LeeSeung-hun),and&quotthearchetypalnew-schoolfilm&quot(ChungSung-il).Asevidencedbysuchcommentary,APublicProsecutorandaTeacherenjoysgreaterrecognitionforitshistoricalvalueastheonlysurvivingsilentmovieinKoreathanforitsartisticortechnicalaspects.Whatisironicisthefactthatthisrecognitionderivesfromaproductionandscreeningmethodthatfellbehindthetimes,assoundfilms(or&quottalkies&quot)hadalreadybecomethenormwhenthemoviewasfirstmade.Itsinclusioninthelististhereforebasedonitshistorical,socialcontextratherthanonthefilmitself.　　Afterword:　　-NarratedbyShinChool,whoisknownasKorea&#39slastsilentfilmnarrator,APublicProsecutorandaTeacherhasbeenscreenedatseveralfilmfestivalssincethelatterhalfofthe1990s.