On a knife's edge (1946)

Movie
German title	On a knife edge
Original title	The Razor's Edge
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1946
length	145 minutes
Rod
Director	Edmund Goulding
script	Lamar Trotti
production	Darryl F. Zanuck
music	Alfred Newman
camera	Arthur C. Miller
cut	J. Watson Webb Jr.
occupation
	Tyrone Power : Larry Darrell; Gene Tierney : Isabel Bradley; John Payne : Gray Maturin; Anne Baxter : Sophie Nelson Macdonald; Clifton Webb : Elliott Templeton; Herbert Marshall : W. Somerset Maugham; Lucile Watson : Louisa Bradley; Frank Latimore : Bob Macdonald; Elsa Lanchester : Miss Keith; Cecil Humphreys : Holy Man; Fritz Kortner : Kosti;

Auf Messers Schneide (Original title: The Razor's Edge ) is an American film drama by Edmund Goulding from 1946. It is based on the novel of the same name by William Somerset Maugham . In 1984 a remake was made under the same title .

action

Shattered by the experience of the First World War, the American Larry Darrell breaks his engagement to go on a journey and look for answers. Eventually he arrives in India, where he finds himself. His former fiancée Isabel has now married another man, but she still loves Larry. When Larry begins a relationship with a childhood friend on his return and wants to marry her, Isabel thwarts this. The character of the writer W. Somerset Maugham reports as an observer of these turmoil relationships.

Reviews

"An attempted, but somewhat clumsy film adaptation of the ironic philosophizing educational novel by WS Maugham."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

Anne Baxter received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Larry's new love . Clifton Webb was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as urbane Uncle Elliott . The film was also nominated for Best Picture and the production designers and decorators Nathan Juran , Richard Day , Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox were nominated for Best Production Design.

DVD release

On a knife edge . Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005.

literature

W. Somerset Maugham : On a knife edge. Roman (Original title: 'The Razor's Edge ). German by NO Scarpi . Diogenes-Verlag, Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-257-20088-9 , 351 pp.

Web links

On a knife edge in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ On a knife edge. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] On a knife edge. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .