Alatriste
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Alatriste reference title: Captain Alatriste |
| Original title | Alatriste |
| Country of production | Spain , France , USA |
| original language | Spanish , English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 147 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| script | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| production |
Belén Atienza Eneko Lizarraga |
| music | Roque Baños |
| camera | Paco Femenia |
| cut | José Salcedo |
| occupation | |
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Alatriste is a historical film from 2006. The film is roughly based on the five-volume novel series Las Aventuras del Capitán Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte . At $ 28 million in production costs, Alatriste is the most expensive Spanish film production to date.
action
The action takes place between late 1622 and early 1643, at the time of Philip IV of Spain and during the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands. On a nameless battlefield in Flanders , the Spanish soldier Diego Alatriste promises a dying comrade to look after his teenage son Íñigo Balboa.
Alatriste returns to Madrid, where he hires out under his nom de guerre “Capitan” as a “rental sword”: for paying clients, the former soldier fights their opponents, provided this is in accordance with his honor and the goals of the king and the church. Together with the Italian Gualterio Malatesta, he received the order from the king's secretary, Alquézar, and a high dignitary of the Inquisition to kill two traveling heretics. “Capitan” Alatriste spares their lives at the last second because he suspects that there must be something special about the travelers. In fact, shortly afterwards it turns out that it is Charles , Prince of Wales , and his favorite, the Marquis of Buckingham . Both stayed incognito in Madrid to arrange a marriage between the English and Spanish royal families. The plan nevertheless fails due to further interference by the Spanish Inquisition. The journey of the English had been arranged by the king's minister, the Duke of Olivares , and was known to only a few, including Alquézar. Olivares banishes suspected treason Alquézar to Spanish America. He is accompanied by his underage niece Angélica, who fell in love with her peer Íñigo after a chance encounter. Since Alatriste is no longer safe as an accomplice to a conspiracy in Madrid, he and Íñigo return to Flanders on Olivares' instructions, where they both take part in the siege of Breda .
Ten years later, Diego Alatriste returned to Madrid, where Íñigo was meanwhile at the royal court and had a secret love affair with the returning Angélica de Alquézar. Alatriste, in turn, wants to marry his lover, the actress María de Castro. But this is meanwhile the king's mistress. Since Alatriste does not accept this, Malatesta places him on a higher order and seriously wounds him. The Italian in turn dies in a duel with Íñigo.
Íñigo Balboa's love for Angélica fails because of her ambition and her own thirst for freedom. After Íñigo refused to accept a lieutenant post in the Royal Guard, Angélica agrees to marry a Spanish grandee , the Count of Guadalmedina. A little later, Íñigo is sentenced to the galley for alleged high treason . However, Alatriste uses his influence on Olivares and obtains an amnesty from Íñigo. Then he seeks out Maria de Castro, who has been infected with syphilis by her royal lover, and decorates the now socially outcast with the necklace that he once wanted to give her for marriage.
The film ends in May 1643 with the Battle of Rocroi , in which Alatriste is hit by a bullet shortly after he has relegated Íñigo to the rear line of the battle for his own protection.
background
The film combines artistic fiction with historical authenticity . The secret Madrid mission of the Prince of Wales and the Marquis (since 1623 Duke) of Buckingham is guaranteed for the year 1623. Historical fact is also an incident with the Spanish general Paul Bernard de Fontaine (also "de Fuentes", Spanish reverse translation of the French name of origin "Fontaine" = "source"): In the battle of Rocroi, in which he fell, he settled in around an armchair (the piece of furniture stolen from the French is exhibited in the Paris Invalides ). At his death he was Maestre de campo general ( Colonel General ) after he had even functioned as Gobernador de las Armas (Army Chief) in 1640/41 .
From the world around 1630, the film shows, among other things, the interior of a syphilis hospital in Madrid, the siege technology of that time with its tunnel construction, the meeting of two tercios (battle formations) and galley convicts. The reference to Spain's art and cultural history is striking: for example, the scenic reenactment of Velazquez's famous painting The Handover of Breda , which is transported through a park as a finished work of art in the next film image. Alatriste also maintains contact with the picaresque novelist Francisco de Quevedo , who was actually involved in court intrigues during his lifetime.
Reviews
“Historical adventure film based on the novels by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, which is visually impressively based on the painting of the time. Convincing performance, less successful in the psychological foundation of the characters. "
Awards
Alatriste won three Goyas in the categories Best Costumes, Best Production Design and Best Producer.
Web links
- Alatriste in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alatriste at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ cf. variety.com ( Memento from December 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Amith, Alan: The Emergence of a Nation State . Longman, London 1984, ISBN 0-582-48974-1 , p. 156.
- ↑ Fernando González de León: The road to Rocroi: class, culture and command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659 . Brill Publishers, Leiden 2009, ISBN 90-04-17082-0 , p. 37f.
- ↑ Alatriste. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .