Elmer Gantry (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Elmer Gantry; alternatively: Elmer Gantry - God is in business |
| Original title | Elmer Gantry |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 140 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Brooks |
| script | Richard Brooks Sinclair Lewis (based on a novel) |
| production | Bernard Smith |
| music | André Previn |
| camera | John Alton |
| cut | Marjorie Fowler |
| occupation | |
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Elmer Gantry is an American feature film from 1960 based on the novel of the same name by the Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis . In Germany it was also shown under the cinema title Elmer Gantry - God is in Business .
action
Elmer Gantry is a sly figure who hangs around in pubs serving alcohol during the prohibition era, has dropped out of theology studies and chases after every woman. On a tour as a sales representative, Gantry discovers that being a representative of God on a tented mission can make much better sales.
Missionary Sarah Falconer knows how to move the people of the American Midwest to join the Church in droves. Gantry becomes her assistant and awakens her love. In the city of Zenith, Sarah Falconer first wants to proselytize the die-hard townspeople, then use the proceeds from her collection to build her own tabernacle .
Gantry runs into a former lover who works in a brothel . She tries to blackmail him with compromising photos. Sarah Falconer agrees to pay the extortion fee, but the photos still reach the press. This ruined the mission company.
Like the novel, the film takes a critical position on the diversity of the American faith communities and the corruptibility of their priests, community leaders, and community members.
Reviews
"A brilliant performance from Burt Lancaster."
German version
The German synchronous editing was created in 1961.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Elmer Gantry | Burt Lancaster | Wolfgang Lukschy |
| Sister Sarah Falconer | Jean Simmons | Gertrud Kückelmann |
| Jim Lefferts | Arthur Kennedy | Ernst Wilhelm Borchert |
| William L. Morgan | Dean Jagger | Paul Wagner |
| Sister rachel | Patti Page | Eva Katharina Schultz |
| George F. Babbitt | Edward Andrews | Siegfried Schürenberg |
Awards
The film received three Oscars in 1961 :
- Best Actor for Burt Lancaster
- Best Supporting Actress for Shirley Jones
- Best Adapted Screenplay for Richard Brooks
The film was nominated for an Oscar for best film. André Previn's music was nominated for an Oscar. At the Golden Globes , Burt Lancaster also won the award for Best Actor in a Drama. The film also received the Laurel Award for Best Drama in 1961.
Elmer Gantry Productions
The production company Elmer Gantry Productions was founded by director Richard Brooks. It existed solely for the purpose of producing the film Elmar Gantry .
media
DVD
- Elmer Gantry . MGM Home Entertainment 2003
Soundtrack
- André Previn , AS Sullivan , Robert Lowry , George Duffield , George J. Webb , Mahalia Jackson et al .: Elmer Gantry. Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack - Deluxe Edition . Rykodisk, Salem and London 1998, audio carrier no. RCD 10732 - original recording (stereo) under the direction of André Previn
literature
- Sinclair Lewis : Elmer Gantry. Roman : German by Franz Fein . 41st - 60th thousand. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1980, 417 pages, ISBN 3-499-14473-5
Web links
- Elmer Gantry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Elmer Gantry Productions in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elmer Gantry. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Thomas Bräutigam: Lexicon of film and television synchronization. More than 2000 films and series with their German voice actors, etc. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-289-X , pp. 123-124