Enmity
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Enmity |
| Original title | House of Strangers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| script | Philip Yordan |
| production |
Sol C. Siegel for 20th Century Fox |
| music | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| camera | Milton Krasner |
| cut | Harmon Jones |
| occupation | |
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Hostility to Blood (in the original House of Strangers ) is a film drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz from 1949. The script is based on the novel I'll Never Go There Any More by Jerome Weidman. The premiere in Germany took place on December 5, 1950.
action
Gino Monetti, an American of Italian descent, is an unscrupulous criminal banker. His family suffers from his terror and ruthlessness. He goes to jail for his machinations. Three of his four sons, Joe, Pietro and Tony, who hate their father, refuse to get him out of custody. Instead, you take over his bank and business. In contrast, the fourth son, Max, who is a lawyer by profession, tries to help his father.
This in turn turns his three brothers against him. They achieve that Max is also behind bars. Nevertheless, Max continues to try to help his father. He bribes a jury, but this does not remain hidden. Max has to stay in prison for another seven years. Meanwhile, Gino, weakened by the feud against him, dies. Max vows to take revenge on his brothers as soon as he's released. However, Max soon realizes that his father Gino is responsible for the complications and tensions in the family, and makes peace with his brothers.
Reviews
“Uncompromising social and psychological drama with an ethnic background. Direction, camera and representation support each other appropriately. "
Awards
Edward G. Robinson was awarded the Prix d'interprétation masculine for his role at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1949 for best actor .
background
The film was set by Oscar-winning art director Lyle R. Wheeler , who formed a team with George W. Davis, who later became an Oscar-winner. Both worked with Oscar winner Thomas Little and later Oscar winner Walter M. Scott as set decorators. Oscar winner Roger Heman s. was responsible for the sound, the Oscar-winning Fred Sersen for the special effects.
It was Susan Hayward's first film for 20th Century Fox . The role of Italian-American Gino Monetti was taken on by the Romanian native Edward G. Robinson, who was born under the name Emmanuel Goldenberg. For Paul Valentine it was the second role in a movie, as well as for Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Debra Paget starred in a feature film for the fourth time, but was only mentioned in the credits for the second time.
20th Century Fox processed the material two more times: Edward Dmytryk shot a remake as a western in 1954 : The Broken Lance with Spencer Tracy , Robert Wagner , Richard Widmark and Jean Peters in the leading roles. In 1961, the action was moved to the German circus milieu under the direction of James B. Clark : The big attraction with Nehemiah Persoff , Cliff Robertson , Robert Vaughn and Esther Williams .
Web links
- Strangers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ enmity against blood. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 22, 2017 .