No time for heroism
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | No time for heroism |
| Original title | Mister Roberts |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 123 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
John Ford , Mervyn LeRoy , Joshua Logan |
| script | Joshua Logan, Frank S. Nugent |
| production | Leland Hayward |
| music | Franz Waxman |
| camera | Winton C. High |
| cut | Jack Murray |
| occupation | |
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No Time for Heroism is an American war film by Mervyn LeRoy and John Ford from 1955. The humorous film adaptation of the novel Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen and the play of the same name by Heggen and Joshua Logan based on it , who also worked on the script, premiered in the United States on July 30, 1955.
action
World War II in the Pacific : The crew of a United States naval freighter suffers from the harassment and humiliation of their bossy Captain Morton, who forbids them to go ashore or drink. On this ship, Lieutenant Roberts longs for more meaningful use in combat. However, his repeated requests for transfer are not approved by the captain. Roberts agreed not to submit any further applications with Morton, in return the crew was given shore leave. This reciprocates by successfully applying for a transfer for him, in which they forge Morton's signature. Roberts gets on a US destroyer.
background
Due to differing views on the character of Lieutenant Roberts, director John Ford and main actor Henry Fonda soon got into an argument that escalated to such an extent that Ford pushed Fonda into a door while drunk. When Ford was hospitalized with gallbladder problems, Mervyn LeRoy stepped in for him and finished the film (for the most part).
For Henry Fonda, Mister Roberts was the first film leading role since Until the Last Man seven years earlier. Because of his wife's suicide and roles in the theater, he had since retired from the film business. William Holden and Marlon Brando were also in discussion for the role , as the producers were unsure whether the now almost 50-year-old Fonda was still popular with the audience. Ultimately, however, Fonda made a comeback . For William Powell in the role of Doc it was the last film, as he then retired from acting; for the largely unknown Jack Lemmon, however, his Oscar-winning supporting role was an important step in his career.
German version
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Lt. Douglas Roberts | Henry Fonda | Wolf Ackva |
| Captain Morton | James Cagney | Bum Kruger |
| Lt. "Doc" | William Powell | Klaus W. Krause |
| Frank Thurlowe Powder | Jack Lemmon | Klaus Havenstein |
| Dolan | Ken Curtis | Wolfgang Preiss |
Reviews
“A well-established mixture of cheerful episodes and touching seriousness; Experienced actors cover up the patriotic-propagandistic mood of the entertaining film, which considers the stupidity in the stage to be a greater evil than the 'heroic death' at the front. "
Awards
Academy Awards 1956
- Nominations
British Film Academy Award 1956
- nominated as best foreign actor ( Jack Lemmon )
Further awards
John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy were nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award . Frank S. Nugent and Joshua Logan received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best American Screenplay .
literature
- Thomas Heggen : Mister Roberts . With an introduction by David P. Smith. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 1992, 200 (XXII) pp., ISBN 1-55750-723-6
- Thomas Heggen, Joshua Logan : Mister Roberts. A play . With a foreword by John Mason Brown. Random House, New York 1948
Web links
- Mister Roberts at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- No time for heroism in the online film database
- Mister Roberts at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ No time for heroism. In: Cinema.de. Retrieved April 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Search result for No Time for Heroism (1955). (No longer available online.) In: synchrondatenbank.de. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016 ; Retrieved April 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ No time for heroism. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 4, 2017 .
