The luck came overnight
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Luck came overnight Be a millionaire once |
| Original title | The Lavender Hill Mob |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Charles Crichton |
| script | TEB Clarke |
| production | Michael Balcon |
| music | Georges Auric |
| camera | Douglas Slocombe |
| cut | Seth Holt |
| occupation | |
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The luck came overnight (original title: The Lavender Hill Mob ) is a British comedy film by the director Charles Crichton from 1951. The German premiere of the film, also known as Be A Millionaire, was on January 18, 1952. The film belongs to Genre of heist movies .
action
Henry Holland is a shy bank clerk in London who has been responsible for delivering gold bars for years. Outwardly, he is meticulous and over-anxious, but he believes that he has developed the perfect plan to steal the bars and then flee. Holland got the idea when a new tenant moved into his pension. Pendlebury owns a foundry that makes useless jewelry. Pendlebury is also looking for a way to break out of his previous life.
When Holland is to be moved to another branch of the bank, he wants to realize the plan. Within a week, Holland and Pendlebury hire two crooks, Smith and Shorty, to help them with the robbery. The plan is simple but clever. Smith and Shorty are supposed to kidnap the gold wagon and drive to Pendlebury's delivery truck. The gold is worthless in the bar form, so it should be brought to the foundry, melted down and brought to France in the form of small souvenir Eiffel towers .
A small linguistic misunderstanding made the plan go wrong. The owner of a souvenir shop sold six of the gold towers. When Holland and Pendlebury arrive, they try to get the missing towers back. This also works for five of the towers. The sixth tower escapes them. Pendlebury is arrested after a wild chase through London. Holland is able to flee to South America , but is also arrested in the end.
background
Robert Shaw made his feature film debut in the film, but he was not named in the credits, as was the later actor of James Bond inventor "Q", Desmond Llewelyn . Audrey Hepburn was originally intended for a larger role, but her stage engagement meant she had to switch to a small role.
Reviews
For the lexicon of international film , the film was a "refreshingly cheerful crime comedy, which is a prime example from the post-war era of the British comedy, which is bubbling with ideas and full of dry humor, profoundly and at the same time lovingly caricaturing the honest petty bourgeoisie and his hidden dreams." "Hilarious" was the verdict of the film magazine Cinema .
Awards
Luck came overnight was honored with the BAFTA Award in the category Best British Film in 1952 . At the 1953 Academy Awards , TEB Clarke won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay . Alec Guinness was also nominated for Best Actor .
The British Film Institute voted Happiness overnight in 1999 as the 17th best British film of all time .
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in 1952 in the studios of Rank Film Synchronproduktion Hamburg . Edgar Flatau directed the synchronous direction .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Holland | Alec Guinness | Reinhold Nietschmann |
| Pendlebury | Stanley Holloway | Helmut Peine |
| Shorty | Alfie Bass | Joseph Offenbach |
| Smith | Sid James | Ralf Wolter |
| Farrow | John Gregson | Wolfgang Schwarz |
| Clayton | Sydney Tafler | Walter Langwitz |
| Mrs. Chalk | Marjorie Fielding | Erna Nitter |
| Miss Evesham | Edie Martin | Charlotte Voigt-Wichmann |
DVD release
- Be a millionaire for once . Universal 2007
Soundtrack
- Georges Auric : The Lavender Hill Mob. Suite . On: The Film Music of Georges Auric . Chandos, Colchester 1999, record no. CHAN 9774 - digital new recording by the BBC Philharmonic under the direction of Rumon Gamba
Web links
- The Lavender Hill Mob in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Lavender Hill Mob at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The happiness came overnight. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 29, 2018 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 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.
- ↑ The happiness came overnight. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on July 29, 2018 .
