The last bank
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The last bank |
| Original title | On the beach |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 129 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stanley Kramer |
| script | John Paxton |
| production | Stanley Kramer |
| music | Ernest Gold |
| camera | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| cut | Frederic Knudtson |
| occupation | |
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The Last Shore is a 1959 American film that was rematched in 2000 . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Nevil Shute and was directed by Stanley Kramer . The German dialogue version was created with the collaboration of Erich Maria Remarque .
action
After a global nuclear war , the earth's atmosphere is radioactively contaminated, only in Australia is life possible for the moment. The American nuclear submarine 623 Sawfish under Captain Dwight Towers is heading there directly from the contaminated combat area. Towers met and fell in love with Moira Davidson through liaison officer Peter Holmes.
At a meeting of the military and scientists, the possibility is discussed that the radioactivity could be washed out of the atmosphere by rain or snow and that Australia would be spared the radiation. To test this theory, the Sawfish is sent north; it is also intended to investigate the mysterious and pointless Morse Code signals received from the San Diego area.
The nuclear scientist Julian Osborne who was traveling with him discovered through measurements with a Geiger counter that the radioactivity continues to rise and that there is no hope of survival for Australia either. During a stopover in San Francisco , one sees the contaminated, deserted American mainland for the first time, a sailor resident there leaves the Sawfish without permission to spend his last days in familiar surroundings. In San Diego, Lt. Sunderstrom was the source of the Morse code, a glass bottle had got caught in a cord and was bobbing in the wind on a Morse key .
Back in Australia, Towers spends his last days with Moira, Julian Osborne fulfills his dream of being a racing driver and wins a car race with his restored Ferrari sports car. As the end approaches and the first people get sick, the state is distributing suicide pills to the population. Long lines of people form in front of the issuing offices.
Osborne kills himself with the exhaust fumes from his racing car. Holmes poisons himself, his wife Mary and their baby. The crew of the Sawfish decides to return to the USA to die in their homeland. Out of care, Towers feels it has an obligation not to let his crew down on their last trip, and goes with them. He leaves Moira, whom he loves, and sets sail.
background
- The US Department of Defense and the US Navy refused to cooperate with the project. Therefore, the non-nuclear British submarine HMS Andrew was used .
- Parts of the film were shot in Berwick , a suburb of Melbourne . Even today, some of the streets there bear the names of those involved at the time, e.g. B. Gardner Street or Kramer Drive.
- In 2000, Russell Mulcahy directed the remake USS Charleston , a two-part series designed directly for television broadcast.
World premieres
- USA: December 17, 1959
- Germany: December 17, 1959
- Austria: March 1960
Reviews
“The great merit of the film, aside from its entertainment value, is the fact that it imparts a passionate belief that humanity is worth saving. Mr. Kramer and his assistants have worked out the key point convincingly: Life is an irreplaceable treasure, and everything should be done - while there is still time - to save it from destruction. "
“The description of a possible end of the world and the behavior of the last people remains powerless and does not leave any lasting effect. Instead of convincing criticism, the film delivers American star cinema and the obligatory love story. "
Awards
At the Academy Awards in 1960 , the film was nominated in the categories of Best Editing and Best Music . Ernest Gold won the Golden Globe for best film music in 1960 . Also in 1960, the film received the United Nations Award from the BAFTA Awards.
Web links
- On the Beach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- On the Beach at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Criticism on fictionfantasy
- Spiegel article from 1960
Individual evidence
- ↑ World premieres according to IMDb
- ↑ Lexicon of the science fiction film The Last Shore ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The New York Times - filmkunstkino.de
- ↑ The last bank. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
