Back then in Paris (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Back then in Paris |
| Original title | The Last Time I Saw Paris |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Brooks |
| script | Richard Brooks, Julius J. Epstein , Philip G. Epstein |
| production | Jack Cummings |
| music |
Jerome David Kern , Conrad Salinger |
| camera | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| cut | John D. Dunning |
| occupation | |
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Back then in Paris is a film by director Richard Brooks from 1954. The original English title The Last Time I saw Paris is also the title of a composition by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern from 1941, originally for the film Lady, Be Good written. The melody was also used as the soundtrack for Back then in Paris . The plot of the romance is based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald entitled Babylon Revisited .
action
The soldier Charles meets young Marion during the celebrations at the end of the war in Paris and is invited by her to a private party. There he meets her sister Helen and it turns out that the two had already seen each other in town and kissed in the euphoria. Marion, who is visibly drawn to Charles, is jealous of her sister, especially since she immediately wraps the young soldier around her finger.
A short time later, Charles and Helen marry, and the two of them continue to live in Helen's father's house. Marion, however, moves in with her husband after her own marriage. The family is always short of money, the father has no regular income, but passes the time with various games of chance, and Charles has to finance his father-in-law and the excessive lifestyle of his wife with his work as a journalist for the army newspaper " Stars and Stripes ". She enjoys life to the full, goes to parties and charms many men with her attractiveness. As a result, she repeatedly received various gifts in the form of food that was still in short supply in the post-war period .
A sudden profit from oil fields bought years ago clears the family of all financial worries, and after the birth of their daughter Victoria, nicknamed "Vicky", Helen continues her lively social life while Charles tries to gain a foothold as a journalist and writer . However, if he is promoted, he is ignored and his manuscript is also rejected by the publishers. The couple's relationship is becoming increasingly strained as a result, and Charles' desire to move to the United States and lead a regular life does not suit Marion's party life.
Charles is bored and becomes increasingly addicted to alcohol. When his wife was standing in front of the door one evening in the pouring rain, he was lying drunk in the living room and couldn't hear her knocking. Helen becomes seriously ill and the doctors struggle for her life, while she reconciles with Charles and both find that her life is no longer as carefree as it was shortly after the war. Eventually Helen loses the battle for her life and Charles guiltily leaves town while his daughter grows up with Marion. Years later he returns and thinks back to the time in Paris . He realizes that the breakup with Vicky has made him even more lonely and wants to take the girl with him to America. Marion initially refuses to do this; after all these years she is still offended that Charles chose Marion over her at the time. However, she eventually jumps over her shadow and lets the girl go with him.
Reviews
The film received mixed reviews. Terms such as “surprising vitality” and “solid performance” contrast with more negative voices such as “forced play”.
"Elegant emotional cinema from yesterday"
"Time and milieu colors add value to the smooth, melodramatic entertainment film."
Web links
- Back in Paris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Back then in Paris in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Back then in Paris , cinema.de
- ^ Back then in Paris. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
