The girl Frankie
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The girl Frankie |
| Original title | The Member of the Wedding |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Fred Zinnemann |
| script |
Edward Anhalt Edna Anhalt based on the novel The Member of the Wedding (1946) by Carson McCullers |
| production | Stanley Kramer |
| music | Alex North |
| camera | Hal Mohr |
| cut | William A. Lyon |
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The Girl Frankie is a 1952 American Coming of Age film drama directed by Fred Zinnemann . The title role of a twelve-year-old who is confronted with loss and pain for the first time in her life was played by theater actress Julie Harris , who made her debut here in front of the cinema camera.
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A small town in the US state of Georgia in August 1945. In the center of the little action-packed events is the twelve-year-old girl Frankie Addams. The rather grumpy, withdrawn little girl comes from a middle-class family and actually has only two friends: her only marginally younger cousin John Henry and the black housekeeper Berenice, a warm-hearted, corpulent woman who is both a helpful contact person and mother substitute for Frankie. Today is Frankie's brother's wedding anniversary, but for the vulnerable girl it goes very differently than expected. Disappointed that she is not allowed to accompany him on his honeymoon, Frankie decides to run away from home. When John Henry also dies, her hitherto ideal world finally collapses. To make matters worse, a young soldier tries to get his own benefit from Frankie's temporary defenselessness. Now only Berenice is there for Frankie, who turns out to be solid as a rock and gives the little one new support. After all these traumatic experiences, the little girl begins to become a young woman ...
Production notes
The girl Frankie was made in Colusa (California) (outdoors) and was premiered on December 25, 1952 in Los Angeles . The film was first presented in the Federal Republic of Germany in June 1953 as part of the Berlinale . The following year was the German mass start.
Rudolph Sternad was responsible for the design of the film structures that Cary Odell made . Frank A. Tuttle provided the equipment. Morris Stoloff was the musical director.
Julie Harris, Ethel Waters , Brandon De Wilde and a few other actors repeated their roles here, which they embodied from January 5, 1950 to March 17, 1951, in the 501 performances of the Broadway production of the same name. At the age of almost 27 when he was shooting, Harris was actually much too old to play Frankie, a twelve-year-old.
Awards
- Julie Harris was nominated for an Oscar in 1953 for Best Actress .
- Brandon De Wilde received the special award at the Golden Globe Awards in 1953 .
Reviews
“ The member of the wedding” (“Das Mädchen Frankie”, based on the excellent novel by the American writer Carsen McCullers), the story of the small, wild, motherless growing up girl Frankie, has the beautiful qualities of an unobtrusive moral film. It is a story that presents courage to face in good doses. The director Zinnemann succeeds in forcing a chamber play of light and shadow onto the screen in an almost constant and by no means lush scenery throughout the entire film, which is actually poor in action. "
"Sensitive, exquisitely played film adaptation of an autobiographical novel."
"Slow but worthwhile."
"Boring in a kitchen environment, this film adaptation of the play has interesting characters, but is not really good for the talents involved."
Individual evidence
- ^ The Member of the Wedding on the Internet Broadway Data Base
- ^ The girl Frankie in the Lexicon of International Films
Web links
- extensive review in the New York Times
- The girl Frankie in the Internet Movie Database (English)