Adventures at Candleshoe Castle

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Movie
German title Adventures at Candleshoe Castle
Original title Candleshoe
Country of production United Kingdom
United States
original language English
Publishing year 1977
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK o. A.
Rod
Director Norman Tokar
script Rosemary Anne Sisson ,
David Swift
production Hugh Attwooll ,
Ron Miller
music Ron Goodwin
camera Paul Beeson
cut Peter Boita
occupation

Adventures at Castle Candleshoe ( Candleshoe ) is a 1977 British - American adventure film directed by Norman Tokar . Helen Hayes and Jodie Foster star in this Disney production .

The plot is based on the novel Christmas on Candleshoe by Michael Innes .

action

The orphan Casey Brown grows in Los Angeles on. The Englishman Harry Bundage brings her to Great Britain so that Casey can play the missing granddaughter of the noblewoman St. Edmund. The Lady St. Edmund is the owner of the Candleshoe Castle, where treasure is said to be buried.

The butler, Mr. Priory, sometimes plays the gardener and driver, to hide the fact that Lady St. Edmund is in a bad economic situation. The situation worsened after a payment claim by the tax authorities. Four orphans already live at the castle and are looking for the treasure together with Casey. Casey no longer wants to hand him over to the Bundage.

In the end, Mr. Priory admits to his deception. Lady St. Edmund admits that she saw through the game long ago.

Reviews

  • “Kitschy children's film idyll that oozes nobility and pretends that evil is just funny.” - “ Lexicon of international film ” (CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997.
  • "It's a culture clash comedy, a hidden treasure adventure, and a heartwarming family story rolled into one. It's one of those rare children's films that adults can enjoy." ("It's a culture clash comedy, a hidden treasure mystery / adventure and a heartwarming tale of family all rolled into one. It's that rare kid's movie that adults can also enjoy.") - George Rother, MovieGuy24 / 7
  • Louis Chunovic pointed out in his book Jodie Foster. A portrait suggests the film would have been deemed mediocre, but Jodie Foster would have gotten good reviews.

literature

  • Michael Innes: Christmas on Candleshoe. Classic crime thriller (OT: Christmas at Candleshoe ). Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-548-10100-3 .
  • Louis Chunovic: Jodie Foster. A portrait. VGS Verlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-8025-2416-0 , pp. 57-59.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Rother: Candleshoe . ( movieguy247.com [accessed June 4, 2018]).