The coat (1952)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The coat |
| Original title | Il cappotto |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 100 (licensed version 85) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alberto Lattuada |
| script |
Cesare Zavattini Alberto Lattuada Giorgio Prosperi Leonardo Sinisgalli Giordano Corsi Enzo Curreli Luigi Malerba |
| production |
Antonio Ansaldo Patti Enzo Currelli for Faro Film |
| music | Felice Lattuada |
| camera | Mario Montuori |
| cut | Eraldo Da Roma |
| occupation | |
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The coat (original title: Il cappotto ) is an Italian film adaptation by Alberto Lattuada from 1952. The film based on the story by Gogol was shown in West Germany on May 29, 1953, in the GDR under the title Stolen Life a few weeks later.
action
Pavia , in the 1930s. The little employee Carmine De Carmine, ridiculed by his colleagues, socially unrelated, disappointed in life, lives in an extremely modest apartment. His greatest wish, a new coat, is denied for financial reasons. When he happened to witness an agreement, he received hush money and was able to order a coat from the bespoke tailor. With this now well dressed, he experiences social recognition; even the mayor's lover, to whom he - fueled by alcohol - has already told uncomfortable truths, dances with him at the New Year's festival, which does not please the incumbent either.
On the way home, De Carmine is ambushed and his coat stolen; Not only outwardly injured, he asks for help, but he receives no support - even from the mayor. Carmine dies. But even after his death, he doesn't leave people in peace: at his funeral, his hearse disrupts official activities and his ghost appears to the mayor, who then changes his mode of government.
criticism
"Italian film satire: a harrowing charge against injustice and hard-heartedness, excellent in staging and representation."
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze remarked in the Cahiers du Cinéma that the film was "next to Umberto D. an essay on the difficulties of being that is almost unique in Italian post-war production". The film is director Lattuada's "most personal so far and shows the depth of his talent", as demonstrated by the "precise nature of the presentation, perfect image design and the very intelligent directing of the actors".
Remarks
The film was shown as one of the Italian contributions at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1952. In the following year Renato Rascel won the Nastro d'Argento for best actor.
Web links
- The mantle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The coat. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Doniol-Valcroze, in: Cahiers du Cinéma, May 1954
- ↑ http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4017/year/1952.html