The Prize (1963)

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Movie
German title The price
Original title The Prize
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1963
length 134 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Mark Robson
script Ernest Lehman
production Pandro S. Berman
music Jerry Goldsmith
camera William H. Daniels
cut Adrienne Fazan
occupation

The award is an American feature film by Mark Robson from 1963. The script was based on the novel of the same name by Irving Wallace , published a year earlier .

action

Stockholm is preparing for the Nobel Prize ceremony. Like every year, Count Bertil Jacobsson ensures that everything runs smoothly. The Nobel Prize winners are received in the Grand Hotel. Andrew Craig, a Nobel Prize winner for literature and a womanizer and drinker, comes from the USA . Inger Lisa Andersson is the Swedish Foreign Ministry's constant companion to ensure that Craig does not start drinking during the days in Stockholm. The Nobel Prize in Medicine is shared equally between John Garrett and Carlo Farelli, about which John Garrett is angry because he thinks Farelli is a con man who has stolen his ideas from him. The French couple Marceau received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry , but only played the happy couple for the public. Claude Marceau has an affair with his secretary Monique, who has also traveled. Max Stratmann is to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics . Stratmann fled Germany during the Third Reich and was kidnapped by communist agents shortly after his arrival. It is replaced by a double so that this act is not noticed. Max Stratmann had traveled to Stockholm with his niece Emily and she is now told that the double is her father Walter Stratmann. Walter Stratmann was not murdered by the Nazis as assumed, but was able to flee to the Soviet Union .

Writer Andrew Craig is the only one to become suspicious and curiously begins investigations that convince him that Stratmann has been kidnapped. Daranyi, one of the kidnappers, realizes the danger posed by the writer and tries to murder Craig. However, Craig cannot convince the police of the kidnapping story. She sees in him the fantasizing drinker. Inger also has doubts at first, but helps Craig. A love romance finally develops from Inger's supervisory activity. When Craig discovers that Max Stratmann has been put on a ship that is supposed to leave for Leningrad , Inger is kidnapped and Craig blackmailed. Nevertheless, he makes his way to the port. On the cargo ship he discovers Max Stratmann as well as Inger Andersson. Craig frees them both and reaches the Nobel Prize in time. Stratmann, who has a serious heart condition, reaches the stage at the last moment to receive the Nobel Prize. His double escapes and is stabbed by Daranyi. It turns out to be a professional actor, and Walter Stratmann was murdered by the Soviets years earlier. The Nobel Prize ceremony, on the other hand, takes its usual course and Count Jacobsson asks himself why he is so nervous in advance every year. In the end everything always runs smoothly.

Reviews

"Agent thriller in the footsteps of Hitchcock - the screenplay comes from Ernest Lehman ( The Invisible Third ) - but which by no means matches the wit and sophistication of his role model."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

In 1964 Elke Sommer won a Golden Globe Award for Best Young Actress for her portrayal of Inger Lisa Andersson . She received the award together with Tippi Hedren ( The Birds ) and Ursula Andress ( James Bond chases Dr. No ) . Diane Baker was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The price. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 5, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used