导演采用平实的艺术视角。影像修复技术让历史更加可感，全彩处理增强细节表现，画面技术提升观看体验。技术使用保持克制，整体色调追求历史真实。整体场面注重精神传达。色彩运用体现严谨态度，声音设计追求内敛风格。By1820,EdmundKeanisthemostadmiredShakespearanactor.Butifhisartispeerless,hisfreelifestyleisillthoughtof,particularlybythehighsociety.KeanhasfallenpassionatelyinlovewithCountessElenadeKoefeld,thewifeoftheambassadorofDenmark.ElenaloveshimtoobuthesitatestogiveupherrankinsocietyandfollowKean.Ontheotherhand,Anna,arichheiresswhorefusestomarryLordMewill,thehusbandchosenbyherparents,confessesherloveforKeananddecidestobecomeanactresslikehim...Thearistocrats,outragedbyEdmund'sprofligateways,decidetoboycotthisperformancesandhiscareerisbroken.Keandoesnotrecoverfromsuchablowand,onastormynight,diesinElena'sarms.