Accattone - Who never ate his bread with tears

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Movie
German title Accattone - Who never ate his bread with tears
Original title Accattone
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1961
length 116
German version: 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 16 (reassessment)
Rod
Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
script Pier Paolo Pasolini
with the assistance of the actors
Dialogues: Sergio Citti
production Alfredo Bini
music arranged by Carlo Rustichelli
after Johann Sebastian Bach
camera Tonino Delli Colli
cut Nino Baragli
occupation
synchronization

Franco Citti in Accattone

Accattone ( German : Accattone - Who never ate his bread with tears , often wrongly Accatone ) is an Italian feature film from 1961. It is Pier Paolo Pasolini's first directorial work . The action takes place among poor people in a run-down suburb of Rome . The actors are laypeople who come from the milieu portrayed in the film. They (especially leading actor Franco Citti) played a major role in the script. The central location is Via Fanfulla da Lodi in the Pigneto district and other locations in the eastern periphery of Rome.

action

Vittorio Cataldi, known as “Accattone” (“beggar” or “parasite”), lives in a run-down suburb of Rome. After leaving his wife and son, he earns his living as a pimp. Most of the day during the day, he hangs out with his friends who are in the same business. The clique spends the time sitting around, playing cards and wagering pointlessly.

When Accattone's only whore, Maddalena, is hit by a motorcycle, he forces her to work anyway. That night she is beaten up by a rival gang from Naples in revenge for putting her previous pimp, Nero Ciccio, friend of the Neapolitan leader Salvatore, in prison.

Fearing the revenge of the Neapolitans, Maddalena accuses Cartagine and Balilla, two friends of Accattones, who have nothing to do with the incident. She is jailed for defamation and Accattone is now without income. He tries to find shelter with his ex-wife, Ascenza. For him, however, she has no more than: “See how you can finish it alone!” Brother-in-law and father-in-law chase him away. Accattone is completely dead. He betrays his friends for a warm meal.

Then he meets Stella, a colleague from Ascenza. She doesn't seem to fit into this world, she is so inexperienced and decent. For her he steals the necklace from his little son Iaio. With the proceeds he equips Stella with new shoes and a chain. The innocent girl falls in love with him.

When he learns that her mother was a whore, he also sends Stella on the line. When this attempt fails, Accattone wants to change his life. His brother Sabino gives him work. After just one day, Accattone realizes that it is not made for work. At night he is tormented by a nightmare in which he sees the corpses of the Neapolitans half-buried. His friends go to his own funeral, to which he is refused entry.

The next day he goes to Balilla, the boss of a gang of thieves, and offers his services. Together with Cartagine, the two roam Rome, looking for a booty. Since Maddalena reported Accattone after learning about Stella, the three are watched by the police. After the theft has occurred, the police will intervene. Accattone steals a motorcycle and flees. Chased by the police, the owner of the motorcycle and passers-by, he collides with a truck. While he lies dying on the side of the road, his last words are: “I'm better now” (“Mo 'sto bene”). As her last duty, Balilla crosses for Accattone with her hands tied.

Other actors

Accattone's friends

the Neapolitans

other roles

synchronization

The German dubbing was created in 1963 at Neue Filmform by Heiner Braun in the Linnebach recording studio. Eberhard Storeck wrote the dubbing book and Ingeborg Grunewald directed the dubbing .

role actor Voice actor
Accattone Franco Citti Klaus Kindler
Maddalena Silvana Corsini Rosemarie Fendel
Ascenza Paola Guidi Ingeborg Grunewald
Balilla Mario Cipriani Klaus Havenstein
Cartagine Roberto Scaringella Hans Clarin

German title

The German subheading "Who never ate his bread with tears" is a quote from Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe :

"Whoever never ate his bread with tears,
who never
sat crying on his bed during the sorrowful nights ,
does not know you,
you heavenly powers."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship years

Remarks

The film immediately caused a scandal. The age limit was set at 18. Many Italian cinemas refused to show it, movie magazines kept silent about it. Resistance was particularly evident in Rome. Cinemas were stormed by right-wing youths.

Not only the misery shown in this film at the gates of the metropolises caused annoyance, but also the sacred staging, which was underlined by the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The cinema critic Sandro Petraglia called Accattone an "anarchic Christ" ("cristo anarchico").

Pasolini's own comment: “A hopeless tragedy, which is why I wish that only a few viewers will see a sign of hope in the crucifixion at the end of the film.” (“Una tragedia senza speranza, perché mi auguro che pochi saranno gli spettatori che vedranno un significato di speranza nel segno della croce con cui il film si chiude. ")

It was only through international recognition that the film became socially acceptable in Italy. In 1962 the film won first prize for directing at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (then Czechoslovakia ). Actor Franco Citti was 1,963 at the " British Academy Film Awards " in the category " foreign Best Actor nomination."

Reviews

“A masterpiece of Italian film that convinces through the sincerity of social observation. The naturalistic images from the world of the sub-proletariat, however, go beyond their closeness to reality to form a modern passion story, which impresses with its combination of attention to detail and a utopian longing for salvation. A film full of sensual power and intellectual depth. "

- Lexicon of international film

“An Italian film that uses considerable artistic means to plead for justice for the despised. A story from the Roman pimp and prostitute milieu as an elegy on people who bluntly waste their lives. From 18. "

- Protestant film observer

“Abrupt change of scene, wild axis jumps gain a force of surprise in Pasolini's handling. It is not the viewer who is run over, but the image of family realism that was popular with Italian films at the time, which still imagined neo-realism. "

- Karsten Witte , Die Zeit

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Bräutigam : Stars and their German voices. Lexicon of voice actors . Schüren, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-627-0 , p. 287
  2. ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 334/1963
  3. ↑ Karsten Witte: Among fellow sufferers. Back in the cinema: Pier Paolo Pasolini's first film “Accattone” . In: The time . No. 51/1982 , December 17, 1982, features section , p. 34 .