The house of seven sins
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The house of seven sins |
| Original title | Seven Sinners |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tay Garnett |
| script |
John Meehan Harry Virtue |
| production | Joe Pasternak |
| music |
Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter |
| camera | Rudolph Maté |
| cut | Ted J. Kent |
| occupation | |
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The House of Seven Sins is an American film directed by Tay Garnett from 1940. Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne played the leading roles in this Universal Pictures production . The film premiered on October 25, 1940. In Germany it was first released on July 8, 1949.
action
Bijou is a singer who works in a bar on a South Sea island. The men have fallen for it and often get into arguments. Therefore she is repeatedly expelled from the islands. Even now she should take the next steamer to leave the island on which she is currently working. She is supposed to take her friends with her, Little Ned, a deserted Navy sailor, and Sasha, a kleptomaniac magician.
On the steamer, she meets the ship's doctor, Dr. Martin, who, like her, is an outcast. Bijou learns that there is a new governor in office on the island the steamer is going to next. You, Sasha and Little Ned leave the ship there. She meets the Navy officer Lieutenant Brent. She decides to ask Tony, the owner of the House of Seven Sins bar, if he would hire her again as a singer. Antro, a dangerous knife thrower, gets Tony to hire her again.
Bijou and Brent fall in love, which makes Antro jealous. Their relationship with one another meets with rejection in the Navy. When the two want to get married, Ned and the Governor Bijou show the negative consequences this will have for their bridegroom's officer career. Bijou decides to leave Brent. On the eve of their departure, a fight ensues between the jealous Antro and Brent, for which Brent is then placed under arrest. The next morning, when Bijou enters the steamer with which she arrived, she is delighted by her friend Dr. Martin greeted.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film about the film: “A melodrama tailored entirely to Marlene Dietrich with comical accents and some tangible action elements. In terms of staging, the film is rather flat, but overall it offers solid entertainment from the dream factory. "
Cinema magazine : “Haudegen Wayne makes the air crackle with unusual elegance. And Marlene shines with her self-parody and great songs. "
background
The budget for the film was approximately $ 760,000.
Marlene Dietrich sang the following songs in this film: I've Been in Love Before and The Man's in the Navy (melodies: Friedrich Hollaender , lyrics: Frank Loesser ) and I Can't Give You Anything but Love (melody: Jimmy McHugh , text : Dorothy Fields )
Dietrich and Wayne stood together in front of the camera for the first time. They made two more films together. For the British Anna Lee it was the first role in a Hollywood production.
In 1950 , H. Bruce Humberstone shot a remake with Shelley Winters in the lead role under the title South Sea Sinner (Eng .: South Sea Vagabonds ) .
Web links
- Seven Sinners in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The House of Seven Sins at marlenedietrich-filme.de