A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well. If you're wondering about this film and why it's dubbed in Italian, then read the following comment from IMDb I have always wondered about the disappearance of Deluge. Why for so many years, seemingly since it's release in 1933, this film vanished from the face of the earth. After seeing it, courtesy of the efforts of Mr. Wade Williams
Co., I'm still puzzled, but I have a theory. In 1933, the code was enacted that pretty much took care of sex and violence in Hollywood. While not an explicit film by any means, Deluge does deal fairly frankly with sexuality, lust and rape. I wonder if RKO discovered they had a film that they could not re-release, much like the fabled lost Warner Bros. comedy Convention City. It's a shame for, while it is a dated film, I find it quite unique and surprising for it's era and a fairly successful attempt to create something different in an era when films were already becoming cookie cutter by-products of the studio machine (not that many of those cookies aren't tasty, mind you). And even though the only available copy at this writing is dubbed into Italian, I don't find that a hinderance. An excellent job was done in subtitling the film, and much of the film is visual anyway.
曾经是一名警察的汉斯(汉斯·希尔斯缪勒 Hans Hirschmüller 饰)因为被妓女诬陷而丢掉了工作,为了糊口,心怀大志的他不得不成为了一名水果小贩。汉斯无法取得心爱姑娘的父母的信任和赏识,已经到了成家年龄的他最终娶了名叫伊尔姆加特(伊尔姆·海尔曼 Irm Her mann 饰)的女人。 自打结婚后,汉斯的人生正式走上的下坡路,伊尔姆加特的粗暴和无礼为汉斯的不如意雪上加霜。汉斯得了心脏病,在住院期间,独守空房的伊尔姆加特耐不住寂寞,和邻居安策尔(Karl Scheydt 饰)之间发生了不道德的关系。出院后的汉斯已经无力再沿街叫卖水果了,改为摆水果摊。一次偶然中,他与战友哈里(Klaus Löwitsch 饰)重逢了,尽管哈里给汉斯一家带来了不少的快乐,但他依旧无法阻止汉斯走向绝望。