Cheated on (1971)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cheated |
| Original title | The Beguiled |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1971 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Don Siegel |
| script |
Albert Maltz , Irene Kamp |
| production | Don Siegel |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| camera | Bruce Surtees |
| cut | Carl Pingitore |
| occupation | |
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Deceived (Original title: The Beguiled ) is an American feature film directed by Don Siegel from 1971. The screenplay by Albert Maltz is based on the book A Painted Devil by Thomas P. Cullinan. In this thriller - drama are Clint Eastwood , Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman seen in the lead roles. The film marks the third of five encounters between Siegel and Eastwood after Coogan's Great Bluff (1968) and A Feast for the Vultures (1970).
action
The plot is set in the Civil War (1861-65): John McBurney, corporal of the United States Army , is badly wounded in the middle of enemy territory. The twelve-year-old Amelia finds him and takes him to a girls' boarding school . The boarding women take care of him without informing the soldiers of the Confederate States Army that they are harboring an enemy soldier. 17-year-old Carol falls for McBurney's charm and invites him to go to her room that night. When Carol notices that McBurney has also confessed his love to the older Edwina, she becomes jealous and ties a blue cloth to the gate - as a sign that a soldier of the Union Army is on the boarding school premises. McBurney then sets up a patrol . Boarding school director, Martha Farnsworth, claims McBurney is her Texas cousin, and the soldiers leave without having achieved anything.
Martha proposes to McBurney to stay permanently in order to manage the adjacent farm and thus take the place of her missing brother. McBurney kisses her, but then goes into Carol's room and sleeps with her. Edwina hears noises from the room and finds McBurney in Carol's bed. In her anger, she throws McBurney down the stairs, who remains lying unconscious. Martha found a broken leg and was forced to amputate it. The next morning, McBurney wakes up to learn that he only has one leg left. He becomes enraged and accuses Martha of only having amputated his leg because he has not slept with her. Carol protests that she still loves him and unlocks the door for him. McBurney seizes a pistol and threatens the boarding school director and her students. Should Martha let the soldiers know about him, he would expose her.
Martha asks Amelia to look for poisonous mushrooms for dinner. Over dinner, McBurney apologizes to Martha and reveals his decision to go away with Edwina and marry her. Unsuspecting, he eats the mushrooms and passes them on to Edwina, who is also not privy to it. When she is about to eat the mushrooms too, Martha is forced to break up the plot. McBurney stumbles and collapses dead. In the last shot, Martha and her students prepare the funeral.
synchronization
The synchronization was carried out by Berliner Synchron GmbH under the direction of Dietmar Behnke . Lutz Arenz wrote the dialogue book .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Corporal John McBurney | Clint Eastwood | Michael Cramer |
| Martha Farnsworth | Geraldine Page | Bettina Schön |
| Doris | Loan Carr | Margot Rothweiler |
| Amelia | Pamelyn Ferdin | Ina Patzlaff |
| Sam Jefferson | George Dunn | Friedrich Georg Beckhaus |
Reviews
Cheated received mostly positive reviews. In the film database Internet Movie Database , the film received an average of 7.2 stars out of 10. 91 percent of the eleven reviews rated by Rotten Tomatoes were benevolent. Vincent Canby described cheated in the New York Times of April 1, 1971 as Siegel's "most demanding" and "most polished" film. Canby was particularly fond of the storytelling style and achievements of Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman and Eastwood.
The film magazine Cinema drew the conclusion: "Gripping, subtly staged war of nerves". Hans-Christoph Blumenberg wrote in Die Zeit : “In a humid hothouse climate, director Don Siegel celebrates a series of disparate and archetypal motifs in American literature. The 61 [-] year-old Hollywood veteran [...] finally presents a personal film again with 'The Beguiled'. ”It continues:“ A catalog of wild decadence, the seal with obvious fun in black humor and drastic sexual symbolism as brilliantly staged horror show presented. "
Remake
In early 2016 it was announced that Sofia Coppola would be directing a remake of Betrogen . The leading roles were played by Colin Farrell , Nicole Kidman , Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning . The film started on June 29, 2017 under the title Die Verführten in German cinemas.
Web links
- Cheated in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cheated at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Cheated in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cheated. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Vincent Canby : Clint Eastwood Is Star Of Siegel's 'The Beguiled'. In: The New York Times . April 1, 1971. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Cheated. In: cinema.de. Cinema , accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Hans-Christoph Blumenberg : Gothischer Grand-Guignol. In: The time . July 6, 1973. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
- ^ Justin Kroll: Sofia Coppola to Write, Direct Remake of Clint Eastwood Drama 'The Beguiled'. In: Variety . March 29, 2016, accessed November 20, 2019 .