Becket (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Becket |
| Original title | Becket |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 148 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Glenville |
| script | Edward Anhalt |
| production | Hal B. Wallis |
| music | Laurence Rosenthal |
| camera | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| cut | Anne V. Coates |
| occupation | |
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Becket is a British drama film by director Peter Glenville from 1964 based on the play Becket or the Glory of God (Original title: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu ) by Jean Anouilh .
action
Henry II, the Norman King of England, has problems with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, the king installs a Saxon, his loyal chancellor, friend and old drinking companion, Thomas Becket, in place of a faithful cleric . To Heinrich's displeasure, however, Becket has his own views and opinions, for which he also stands. Becket falls out with the king, ultimately leading to his assassination in Canterbury Cathedral.
Reviews
“Heavy-blooded, but excellently staged film adaptation of the play by Jean Anouilh, which relativizes the historical conflict between King Henry II of England and Archbishop Thomas Becket (1115–1170) as a necessary evil of very earthly power struggles and the change of the canonized martyr from man of the world to Confessors recorded only psychologically. The film carefully tries to soften Anouilh's biting anti-clerical irony ”, so the lexicon of the international film .
background
The play was performed on Broadway in 1959 with Laurence Olivier as Becket and Anthony Quinn as King Henry. When Quinn left his role, Olivier switched to the role of the king and Arthur Kennedy took over the role of Becket.
One of the few films for which two actors (Burton and O'Toole) have been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor .
The German premiere was on October 2, 1964.
Awards
- 1964: British Society of Cinematrographers Award for Geoffrey Unsworth
- 1965: Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category , 11 other nominations
- 1965: Golden Globe for Best Film - Drama and Best Actor - Drama (O'Toole)
- 1965: Camera, Set and Costume Awards at the British Film Academy Awards
- 1965: Golden Laurel for Burton
- 1965: Writers Guild of America Award for the screenplay
German version
The German dubbed version was created by Berliner Synchron GmbH based on the dialogue book by Fritz A. Koeniger and directed by Klaus von Wahl .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Becket | Richard Burton | Holger Hagen |
| King Henry II | Peter O'Toole | Jürgen Goslar |
| King Louis VII of France | John Gielgud | Wolfgang Buettner |
| Cardinal Zambelli | Gino Cervi | Martin Hirthe |
| Pope Alexander III | Paolo Stoppa | Hugo Schrader |
| Bishop Folliot | Donald Wolfit | Wilhelm Borchert |
| Matilda | Martita Hunt | Lu Neatly |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | Pamela Brown | Gudrun Genest |
| Archbishop of Canterbury | Felix Aylmer | Paul Wagner |
| baron | Percy Herbert | Arnold Marquis |
| Robert de Beaumont | Inigo Jackson | Heinz Petruo |
literature
- Jean Anouilh : Becket or the honor of God (Original title: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu ). In: ders .: Drama. German by Franz Geiger . With an afterword, a timetable and notes by Manfred Flügge . 3. Edition. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin 1996, 271 pages, ISBN 3-548-22732-5 .
Web links
- Becket in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Becket at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Becket. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Becket. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 5, 2017 .