Bitter sweet

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Movie
Original title Bitter sweet
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1940
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK k. A.
Rod
Director WS Van Dyke
script Lesser Samuels ,
Noël Coward (original artwork)
production Victor Saville for MGM
music Noël Coward ,
Herbert Stothart
camera Oliver T. Marsh
cut Harold F. Kress
occupation

Bittersweet is in Technicolor arising film under the direction of WS Van Dyke with the screen pair Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy . The film is based on the operetta of the same name by Noël Coward and was distributed in 1940.

action

Instead of entering into an arranged marriage with a man she does not love, Sarah Millick flees to Vienna with her music teacher and lover Carl Linden, where they both get married. There they both fight to make a living from their work as musicians. Carl writes an operetta and tries to find a producer for the performance. Baron von Tranisch, who lives in Vienna, helps them with this, although he has other intentions. The Baron killed Carl in a fencing match. Finally, the operetta is performed, in which Sarah sings the lead role, although the bitter aftertaste that Carl could no longer see the world premiere.

background

The music film, shot in Technicolor, is based on the operetta of the same name by Noël Coward, which premiered in Her Majesty's Theater in 1929 . has been. The two main characters Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy stood as a screen couple previously several times together in front of the camera, such as 1937 in Maytime . The film version was shortened in numerous scenes compared to the original plot, especially in the opening and closing scenes, so that composer Coward forbade further filming of his musical works at the end. “If Love Were All” was not adopted. In addition to the songs from the operetta such as "I'll See You Again", "Polka", "If You Could Only Come With Me", "What Is Love", "Kiss Me", "Tokay", "Love In Any Language" ”,“ Dear Little Cafe ”,“ Ladies Of The Town ”and“ Zigeuner ”the film was complemented by compositions from Cowards America's Sweethearts . In addition, “Una voce poco fa” from Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville can be heard in a dance scene .

Theatrical release

The film, which was produced with a budget of US $ 1,098,000, grossed US $ 972,000 domestically and US $ 1,292,000 abroad, which corresponds to a cumulative result of US $ 2,264,000.

Awards

The film went into the 1941 Academy Awards with two nominations without winning any of the awards:

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