Forever and three days
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Forever and three days |
| Original title | Forever and a Day |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
René Clair Edmund Goulding Cedric Hardwicke Frank Lloyd Victor Saville Robert Stevenson Herbert Wilcox |
| script | Charles Bennett , Alan Campbell Norman Corwin , CS Forester , Peter Godfrey , Jack Hartfield , Lawrence Hazard , SM Herzig , James Hilton , Michael Hogan , Christopher Isherwood , Emmet Lavery , WP Lipscomb , Gene Lockhart , Frederick Lonsdale , Alice Duer Miller , RC Sherriff , Donald Ogden Stewart , John Van Druten , Claudine West , Keith Winter , Alfred Hitchcock (anonymous) |
| production | like director |
| music | Anthony Collins |
| camera |
Robert De Grasse Lee Garmes Russell Metty Nicholas Musuraca |
| cut |
George Crone Elmo Williams |
| occupation | |
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Forever and three days is in the Second World War arisen American , propaganda episodic film , which of the two World War II allies-United States and the unbreakable friendship and brotherhood in arms UK tries to summon. One French and six Anglo-American directors were involved in this star-studded Hollywood production.
action
London in World War II. The Battle of Britain is in full swing and hits the common people as well as the upper class of the British capital. In the midst of the war, the American reporter and journalist Gates Trimble Pomfret went to England to cover Britain's war effort. His father wired him to take care of the sale of the old family seat in London at 6 Pomfret Street.
In this way, Gates follows in the footsteps of his ancestors. When he arrives on site, German bombs are falling and Gates is taking refuge in the building. After quiet has returned, he meets the current resident, his relative Lesley Trimble. Horrified by the American cousins' intention to sell the house, she begins to tell him about the long history of this building since it was built in 1804. In the hours that followed, Gates learns that the walls are not just for the togetherness of the people both family branches Trimble and Pomfret, but also symbolizes the close ties and ties between America and England.
In 1804, the forefather of the branching clan, the gnarled old Admiral Eustace Trimble, had the house built. The seat was a stone witness not only of the turbulent family history, but also of the history in which these family events took place: You can experience the emergence of the Empire in the Victorian era and the excesses within the old English class society, which are not critically examined here. The innovations of that era, closely observed by butler Bellamy, did not stop at the venerable building: For example, the plumber Dabb and his assistant Wilkins installed the first bathtub in the lordly property in the late 19th century. In addition to comical moments, the tragedy keeps coming: During the First World War , Mr. and Mrs. Barringer had to find out at a festive get-together that their son had died at the front.
Back to the present: a quarter of a century later the house is used as an air raid shelter . And so Lesley Trimble's story ends during another bombing, which this time hits the house. Gates and Lesley find shelter in the basement again. When they both come back upstairs, the house is badly damaged. But a rethink has begun in Gates. If the portrait of old Admiral Eustace Trimble survived the destruction, then the walls deserved to be rebuilt.
Production notes
Forever and three days - the original title of the film literally means "Forever and One Day" - was filmed in 1941/42 under the working title The Changing World and was based on an idea made known in 1941 by the co-director, Co-producers and actors of the plumber, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and some British and French who had fled Europe and who had found refuge in Hollywood. Albert S. D'Agostino designed the film structures, Darrell Silvera was the set designer. Walter Plunkett created the most important film costumes.
The premiere was on January 21, 1943, the mass start on March 26, 1943. The proceeds were to be donated to charitable purposes. On August 5, 1993, the film had its German dubbed premiere on regional television on SDR 3 .
Reviews
Bosley Crowther wrote in the New York Times that the most remarkable thing to say about this film is the number of seven directors and producers, 21 screenwriters and 79 actors behind the work. In addition, Crowther pointed out that the intention was clearly recognizable to want to pay tribute to the resistance of the British as the last bulwark against Hitler- Germany in Europe. “In these circumstances, it is surprising that this movie was actually made and that it turned out as pleasant as it was intended. (…) 'Forever and a Day' has some amusing and touching sections. ”Finally, Crowther also praised the“ superb performances ”of the cast, even if the story was“ trite ”.
The Movie & Video Guide said that with the concentrated effort of seven directors and around 80 stars, "the result is unequal", "but has many fine moments" and a "cast that only exists once in a lifetime".
Halliwell's Film Guide found that "... this collection of sketches was inevitably uneven", but the film gave "good opportunities for well-known actors" to show off their skills.
“Melodramatic film, created as a document of the American-English bond during the Second World War, which is already documented in the cooperation of seven directors with 80 prominent stars from Hollywood and England. A film that is particularly significant in terms of film history, which oscillates between exaggerated sentimentality and honest, silent emotion in the various contributions, but with all the inconsistencies in the staging always retains a warm, human tone. "
CEA Film Report was enthusiastic and said that the film "grabs and entertains" in one. "A production of outstanding quality".
Web links
- Forever and three days in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Forever and a Day on tcm.turner.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Background information on the film at tcm.turner.com
- ^ Forever and a Day in The New York Times, March 13, 1943
- ^ Leonard Maltin : Movie & Video Guide, 1996 edition, p. 447
- ^ Leslie Halliwell : Halliwell's Film Guide, Seventh Edition, New York 1989, p. 367
- ↑ Forever and three days in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on October 17, 2018
- ↑ cit. from Halliwell's Film Guide, p. 367