Carmen Jones
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Carmen Jones |
| Original title | Carmen Jones |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Otto Preminger |
| script | Harry Little |
| production | Otto Preminger |
| music | Georges Bizet |
| camera | Sam Leavitt |
| cut | Louis R. Loeffler |
| occupation | |
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Carmen Jones is an American feature film from 1954.
action
The film relocates the opera Carmen to the south of the USA and is exclusively cast with black actors. Joe is a GI assigned to arrest factory worker Carmen Jones for assault. Carmen seduces Joe while being transported to prison. Carmen escapes and Joe has to go to prison himself. His fiancée Cindy Lou breaks up with him too. In his distress and devoted love for Carmen, he deserted from the army. But the relationship between Joe and Carmen does not develop as Joe hoped. Carmen is bored with Joe. When her friends Frankie and Myrt invite her to a boxing match, she feels that the boxer Husky Miller is a far more interesting man. Filled with jealousy and hatred, Joe murders Carmen.
background
The film Carmen Jones is based on the Broadway production of Carmen Jones from 1943. Oscar Hammerstein wrote English texts for the performance to the music of Georges Bizet. The arias of the opera were not sung by the actors in the film, but dubbed. Soprano Marilyn Horne gave Dorothy Dandridge her singing voice and LeVern Hutcherson sang the parts for Harry Belafonte.
Carmen Jones was the first film work by the designer Saul Bass , who later became known for his drafts of the film credits in many film classics.
Reviews
"The music gains naturalness and persuasiveness through the" modern ", realistic framework, the convincing play and the vocal performances of the actors round off the positive impression. Instead of gypsy romanticism, a convincing drama about culpable and tragic entanglements is offered, which convinces in the immediacy of its feelings. "
"A successful opera film."
Awards
For the first time, a Hollywood director cast exclusively black actors, which in 1954/1955 was tantamount to a revolution. The film has received several awards:
- Golden Globe Award 1955: Best Film in the Musical Category; Best Young Actor (Joe Adams)
- 1955 Oscar Nomination: Best Actress (Dorothy Dandridge was the first African American woman to be nominated for a leading role), Best Musical Arrangement
- International Cannes Film Festival 1955 : invitation to competition
- Berlin International Film Festival 1955 : Bronze Bear after audience vote
- Locarno International Film Festival 1955: Golden Leopard
- Nominations for the British Film Academy Award 1956: Best Picture and Best Foreign Actress
- 1992: Entry into the National Film Registry
Web links
- Carmen Jones at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carmen Jones. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 12, 2017 .