Above the streets of Nice

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Movie
German title Above the streets of Nice
Original title The Man Who Understood Women
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1959
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Nunnally Johnson
script Nunnally Johnson
production Nunnally Johnson
music Robert Emmett Dolan
camera Milton R. Krasner
cut Marjorie Fowler
occupation
synchronization

Over the alleys of Nice (Original title: The Man Who Understood Women ) is an American feature film from 1959 by Nunnally Johnson , who also wrote the script and produced the film. The book is based on the novel of the same name by Romain Gary . The leading roles are cast with Leslie Caron , Henry Fonda and Cesare Danova . The work was first shown in New York City on October 2, 1959. In the Federal Republic of Germany the film could be seen on the screen from October 23, 1959.

action

The famous Hollywood director and actor Willie Bauche is seriously injured and hospitalized in Nice. Belly's wife Ann and his old friend Preacher await the doctor's diagnosis. To bridge the gap, Preacher Ann tells about his friend's life:

At a casting , Bauche catches the starlet Ann Gautier in the eye. He encourages the head of production GK to hire the girl as his partner for a film. The shooting in love the two interlocking, and soon they stand before the altar. From then on, Willie renounced his acting career. He only manages his wife and makes her part of the international elite of film stars. In the rush from film to film, Ann now overlooks the fact that her husband is only acting as her manager.

While shooting in the south of France, Ann meets the professional soldier Jacques Rainier. Willie notices that the two meet more and more often, which arouses his jealousy. To Preacher, Willie argues that a woman as romantic as Ann needs protection from herself. In order to shadow Rainier and protect his wife, Willie hires the gangster Soprano and his assistant, a baron who has gone astray.

Jacques leads Ann to a country house on a rocky plateau above the streets of Nice. Ann sends her husband the news that she will not be returning to him. Then a world collapses for him. He gives Soprano an encrypted order to kill Rainier. When he later realizes what horrible he has done with it, he wants to cancel his order. He takes a taxi to take him to St. Roquez, where Ann and Rainier now live. He falls down during a daring climb.

Suddenly the baron felt guilty. To prevent his boss from murdering the soldier, he shoots Soprano. Rainier senses that Ann's thoughts are still on her husband and releases them. At Willie's bedside, Ann realizes that her place is at the side of the man to whom she owes her fame.

Synchronization of the most important roles

role actor Dubbing voice
Ann Leslie Caron Dagmar Altrichter
Willie Henry Fonda Wolfgang Lukschy
Jacques Rainier Cesare Danova Axel Monjé
Preacher Myron McCormick Bum Kruger
Le Marne Marcel Dalio Alfred Balthoff
Soprano Bern Hoffman Stanislav Ledinek

criticism

The lexicon of international films doesn't think much of the film . It draws the following conclusion: “Partly paper romantic, partly colportage. Even Leslie Caron's mature play does not improve the threadbare story much. ” Howard Thompson sums up his review in the New York Times as follows:“ A talented filmmaker serves us some not always matching starters on a heavy tray. Mr. Johnson's dry joke is the good martini that makes the food tasty, if not understandable. "

source

Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by the publisher of the same name, Mannheim, without a number

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3919
  2. ↑ New York Times film review, October 3, 1959