The Last Judgment does not take place

Movie
German title	The Last Judgment does not take place
Original title	Il giudizio universale
Country of production	Italy , France
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1961
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Vittorio De Sica
script	Cesare Zavattini
production	Dino De Laurentiis
music	Alessandro Cicognini
camera	Gábor Pogány
cut	Marisa Letti ; Adriana Novelli
occupation
	Vittorio Gassman : Dandy; Fernandel : widower; Ernest Borgnine : Aviator; Melina Mercouri : Countess; Lino Ventura : father; Alberto Sordi : Child traffickers; Anouk Aimée : Irene, Giorgio's wife; Paolo Stoppa : Giorgio; Nino Manfredi : Ober; Silvana Mangano : Signora Matteoni; Jack Palance : Matteoni; Renato Rascel : Coppola; Vittorio De Sica : Defender;

The Last Judgment does not take place (original title: Il giudizio universale ) is an Italian-French film satire by Vittorio De Sica from 1961. German premiere was on September 28, 1962.

content

The voice seems to come from heaven telling the people of Naples that it will soon be over: the day of the Last Judgment has come and the people will be judged according to their deeds. The entire population reacts in different ways: some try to settle conflicts, others to find the meaning of life. Some curse themselves for realizing their mistakes, others vow to get better if they get away again. When the announced time passes uneventfully, everyone falls back into their usual behavior.

criticism

Hahn / Jansen and Stresau consider the film to be “not made ridiculous in its episodic nature” ; Ulrich Gregor writes in his history of film from 1960 about the “satirical criticism of religious mass madness”, and the lexicon of international film judges somewhat more detailed: “Sometimes serious, sometimes grotesque, sometimes socially critical, sometimes (pseudo) religious, but almost always banal and naive: a conglomerate of differently accurate episodes by a talented director who parodies his own films and those of his colleagues less than imitates them. "

The Italian criticism was more biting. B. Mymovies: “The ideas are there and the execution is not bad, but everything is covered in a moral sauce, especially at the end of the film shot in color, which is disappointing and unsatisfactory. An annoying movie "

Web links

The Last Judgment will not take place in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , p. 265.
↑ The Last Judgment does not take place. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 31, 2017 .
↑ http://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=10651

[1] Ronald M. Hahn , Volker Jansen, Norbert Stresau : Lexicon of Fantasy Films. 650 films from 1900 to 1986 . Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02273-4 , p. 265.

[2] The Last Judgment does not take place. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 31, 2017 .

[3] ttp://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=10651