The man who has to die
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The man who has to die |
| Original title | Celui qui doit mourir |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 133 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jules Dassin |
| script |
Ben Barzman Jules Dassin based on the novel Christ is crucified again and again , also known as the Greek Passion , by Níkos Kazantzákis |
| production | Henri Bérard |
| music | Georges Auric |
| camera | Jacques Natteau |
| cut | Robert Dwyre |
| occupation | |
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The Man Who Must Die is a 1956 French-Italian feature film. Directed by Jules Dassin playing Jean Servais , Carl Möhner , Gert Fröbe and Melina Mercouri the leading roles.
action
1921, somewhere in a Greek-settled village in Turkey. The life of Orthodox Christians is determined by persecution and harassment from the Muslim majority and government agencies. According to an old tradition of Lykovrissi citizens, a passion play is held every seven years. This year it's that time again, and the village pop Grigoris distributes the roles. The young widow Katerina is chosen to play Mary Magdalene, and the stuttering shepherd Manolios is supposed to represent Jesus Christ, despite his linguistic handicap. Little does he know that the game will soon become serious and that, like his figure, he will also have to endure all the sufferings that were once inflicted on Christ.
One day displaced refugees, victims of a Turkish-Muslim massacre of the Christians living there, wandered through the country under the leadership of their Pope Photis and stop at this spot where they believe they are safe. This goes against the grain of the village pop Grigoris, who believes that those who have become homeless could bring cholera into the village. He also fears reprisals from the Turks for his village. So he plans to expel the group of displaced people from the village. But now Manolios, who has drawn his very personal, profound lessons from the story of Christ's Passion, comes on the scene and opposes all those who lack mercy towards the displaced. His sincere sympathy for the wanderers evokes the most violent reaction imaginable among his people: Pannagotaros playing Judas stabs Manolios to death. The processes of 2000 years ago are repeated in a Christian island of faith in the Muslim nowhere.
Production notes
The Man Who Must Die was premiered on May 4, 1957 in Paris and opened in Germany on November 22, 1957. The German television first broadcast was on March 27, 1964 on ZDF .
The film structures were designed by Max Douy .
Reviews
“The director of the most successful detective in recent years ('Rififi') mastered a task that failed many of his colleagues: Jules Dassin made a strong religious film based on the novel 'Greek Passion' by the recently deceased Nobel Prize aspirant Niko Kazantzakis. Dassin won the book ... a glowing and at the same time coolly composed caption. What would have been belittled to a pious homeland film in this country retained a remnant of elementary power under the brutal open air of the arid, stony mountain landscape of Greece. The actors also act like natives in addition to the many peasant extras, and the wiry, flexible Pierre Vaneck as a stuttering, tumb-wise shepherd develops into a Christ who is in no way reminiscent of common saints. "
Reclam's film guide said: “An impressive subject, a remarkable directorial achievement! (...) Dassin filmed his model realistically. He made sure that the religious topic did not degenerate into mere edification and enriched it with sharp social criticism. The barren landscape is cleverly incorporated into the plot; there are excellent acting performances and an abundance of characteristic batches. "
In the Lexicon of International Films it is written: "Filmed with great urgency, dramaturgically successful, with powerful sincerity."
“This dramatic sequence of images from the Greek years of suffering under Turkish rule was based on the book 'Greek Passion' by the Greek poet Nikos Kazantzakis, who died recently at the age of 72. However, the film does not hold up to the intellectual content of the book. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reclams Filmführer, by Dieter Krusche, collaboration: Jürgen Labenski. P. 254. Stuttgart 1973
- ↑ The man who has to die. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 7, 2015 .
Web links
- The man who must die in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The man who has to die in Der Spiegel