Can-Can (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Cancan |
| Original title | Cancan |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 131 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Walter Lang |
| script |
Dorothy Kingsley Charles Lederer |
| production |
Saul Chaplin Jack Cummings |
| music |
Nelson Riddle Cole Porter Hermes Pan ( Choreography ) |
| camera | William H. Daniels |
| cut | Robert L. Simpson |
| occupation | |
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Can-Can is an American music film directed by Walter Lang from 1960. The screenplay was written by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer . It is based on the musical of the same name by Cole Porter (music and lyrics) and Abe Burrows (libretto). The film had its world premiere on March 9, 1960 in New York City . In Germany it first came to the cinema on October 4, 1960.
action
The story takes place in Paris towards the end of the 19th century . In Simone Pistache's café “Le bal du paradis” on Montmartre , dancers entertain their audience with the cancan . Actually, this dance is considered immoral and is therefore forbidden; but the judge Paul Barriere, chairman of the police committee, likes to turn a blind eye because he himself appreciates the cancan. One day, however, the judge is assigned a new colleague, the young Philippe Forrestier, for whom this dance is a thorn in the side. No sooner has he taken up his post than he sends some police officers to the “notorious” bar, and the dancers are hardly on stage when they are arrested. Philippe's boss and his friend, the lawyer François Durnais, only narrowly escape arrest, as the guests of the establishment are also threatened .
To Forrestier's chagrin, there are no witnesses who claim to have seen anything immoral at the cancan. So he tries again the next evening - and this time he has photographers in tow to capture the scandal in pictures. He himself mingles with the guests without being recognized and engages Simone in a conversation. He learns that her troupe can dance undisturbed today because the police had been bribed. Simone's colleague Claudine can just prevent her boss from telling the curious who her source is. The police immediately stopped the dance and arrested the girls a second time.
Little by little, Simone and Philippe Forrestier enjoy each other. Paul and François, who is also in love with Simone, definitely want to prevent the love from turning into marriage. So they create a precarious situation during a ball of the best Parisian society in which Philippe realizes that a connection with Simone would mean the end of his career in the police force. That's why he breaks off his relationship with her.
A big festival for Parisian artists is to take place in the “Bal du paradis”. To finance the ball, Simone received a loan from her admirer François. During the preparations, the two get a little closer again. Finally, Simone reconciles with Philippe, who suddenly no longer wants to part with her. To wipe out François, whom she is actually more interested in because he does not want to marry her, Simone uses a ruse: as security for the financing of the ball, she has given him her bar, and after a while the girls have given her to him Starting to dance can-can, François is arrested as a business owner.
François is charged. Paul Barriere testifies in his favor. The trial ends with an acquittal. The "League Against Immorality" is not satisfied with that. That's why Philippe orders a local appointment. The eyewitnesses must recognize that the dance as such is actually by no means immoral, because it does not encourage fornication. Suddenly the police approach Simone and bring her to the car in which prisoners are usually transported to the prison. But only François sits in it, who she knows loves her; he was already expecting her.
music
Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine sing in the duet Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) . Other well-known songs are I love Paris (also known in German-speaking countries under the title Ganz Paris dreams of love ) and C'est magnifique . In the film, however, Cole Porter's music is not heard in the original, but in an adaptation by Nelson Riddle , who also conducted the film orchestra. Hermes Pan created the choreography .
Reviews
“The extra-long game becomes attractive due to expensive equipment and prominent actors without getting the right momentum. Above all, the choreographer Hermes Pan proves artistic ideas . "
"Cole Porter's musical, nicely presented, but too bombastic and peppered with completely unnecessary silliness."
Awards
- 1960: Laurel Awards for Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine, among others, and nominations for Juliet Prowse and Maurice Chevalier
- 1961: Oscar nominations in the categories of Best Costume Design and Best Film Music
- 1961: Grammy for the best soundtrack
synchronization
The German dubbed version was made in 1960.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| François Durnais | Frank Sinatra | Heinz Dragon |
| Simone Pistache | Shirley MacLaine | Gertrud Kückelmann |
| Paul Barrier | Maurice Chevalier | Walther Suessenguth |
| Philippe Forrestier | Louis Jourdan | Axel Monjé |
| Claudine | Juliet Prowse | Ingeborg Wellmann |
source
- Program for the film: Illustrierte Film-Bühne , Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaft Franke & Co., Munich, No. 5984.
Web links
- Can-Can at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Can-Can. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 809/1960.
- ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
