The Prince and the Dancer (1957)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The prince and the dancer |
| Original title | The Prince and the Showgirl |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Laurence Olivier |
| script | Terence Rattigan |
| production | Laurence Olivier , Marilyn Monroe , Milton Greene |
| music | Richard Addinsell |
| camera | Jack Cardiff |
| cut | Jack Harris |
| occupation | |
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The Prince and the Showgirl (original title: The Prince and the Showgirl ) is a British film comedy for a play by Terence Rattigan from the year 1953rd
action
Grand Duke Charles, Prince Regent of Carpathia, comes to London in 1911 for George V's coronation ceremony . When visiting a revue, the monarch meets the attractive dancer Elsie Marina. The prince takes Elsie for a tête-à-tête , which ends differently than expected. Elsie constantly upsets the prince, his advances do not find the desired reaction, and she falls asleep drunk. The next morning she realizes that she has fallen in love with Karl, but he wants to be rid of her. Elsie gets to know the Queen Mother, becomes her maid for the coronation ceremony, prevents a revolution from Charles's son Nicolas and still wins Karl's heart. When he leaves, she promises to wait for him.
background
The film is the only work of the film production company Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. founded by Monroe and Milton Greene . Despite the involvement of Laurence Olivier, the film did not achieve the expected success, and Marilyn Monroe returned to Hollywood .
Colin Clark , who worked as an assistant director on the set, later wrote two books about working with Marilyn Monroe and his love affair with her. These memoirs were filmed in the 2011 drama My Week with Marilyn .
synchronization
The German version of the film was made by Riva-Synchron, Munich.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Elsie Marina | Marilyn Monroe | Margot Leonard |
| Prince Regent Karl | Laurence Olivier | Peter Pasetti |
| Queen mother | Sybil Thorndike | Eva Eras |
| Northbrook | Richard Wattis | Hans Nielsen |
| Major Domo | Paul Hardwick | Leo Bardischewski |
| ambassador | Aubrey Dexter | Reinhard Glemnitz |
| Lady Sunningdale | Maxine Audley | Maria Landrock |
Reviews
“Charming, funny, graceful and witty staged film adaptation of a play. Director and leading actor Olivier primarily relies on acting; the cinematic resolution of the event, on the other hand, remains rather conventional and rigid. Marilyn Monroe shows one of her best performances in this enchanting comedy. "
“ The Prince and the Showgirl is great fun if you don't take it seriously. Its author certainly doesn't. Terence Rattigan just made up a game to keep us entertained for two hours, and the actors really enjoy it. You try to look straightforward, but a wink gives you away. In the case of Laurence Olivier, the wink first has to find its way through a thick monocle to reach the outside world, but it also manages to do so. This performance is full of subtle humor. [...] Marilyn's role does not have such subtle nuances. She is a simple-minded, open-minded showgirl and nothing more, and Miss Monroe plays it with cheerfulness, childlike innocence, happy squeaks, pouting mouth. Eyes as big as golf balls and many a hearty swing of their well-formed curves. "
Awards
Leading actress Marilyn Monroe won the 1958 Targe d'Oro by the Italian David di Donatello , the French Étoile de Cristal for best foreign actress and took fourth place at the US Laurel Awards for best comedy actress . The film was nominated in five categories at the British Film Academy Awards (Best Film, British Film, Laurence Olivier as Best British Actor, Best British Screenplay, Marilyn Monroe as Best Foreign Actress), but could not prevail against the competition.
literature
- Terence Rattigan : The Prince and the Showgirl. The Script for the Film . Signet, New York 1957, 127 pp. (English)
Web links
- The Prince and the Showgirl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Prince and the Showgirl with Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Prince and the Dancer on Cinema.de (with film images)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Prince and the Dancer in the German dubbing index , accessed on August 31, 2018
- ↑ The Prince and the Dancer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 16, 2017 .