The winner (1952)

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Movie
German title The winner
too: the cat with the red hair
Original title The Quiet Man
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1952
length 124 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director John Ford
script Frank S. Nugent
production Merian C. Cooper ,
John Ford for
Republic Pictures
music Victor Young
camera Winton C. Hoch ,
Archie Stout
cut Jack Murray
occupation
synchronization

The winner is a film by director John Ford , which was shot in 1952 and is based on William Shakespeare's " The Taming of the Shrew ". It is based on the story The Silent Man ( The Quiet Man ) by Maurice Walsh . The film was mainly shot in and around Cong in County Mayo, Ireland . In Germany the film was also shown under the title The Cat with Red Hair .

action

Sean Thornton returns to his hometown in Ireland from the United States. When he bought his parents 'house back from his widow Tillane, he met the landlord Will Danaher, who was also interested in his parents' property. For years "Red" Will has been hoping for the widow Tillane, who is quite interested in him, but is put off by his coarseness. She therefore sells Sean his parents' house, which in turn makes him an enemy of Daneher. Thornton also meets Will's sister, Mary Kate Danaher, and the couple are set to get married soon. However, the landlord must consent to his sister's marriage and categorically rejects it. Several villagers friends with Thornton, including the local matchmaker Michaleen Flynn and the Catholic priest Lonergan, can trick Danerher: They make him believe that the widow Tillane would only want to marry him when his sister leaves the household and makes room for the widow . Danerher then gives his consent to the wedding.

When Will proposes marriage to the widow on Sean and Mary's wedding day and they refuse him, he notices that he has been duped and becomes angry. After a long hesitation he pulls out her furniture, but does not pay his sister's dowry . When Sean doesn't want to fight him for it, Mary refuses to accept her husband. Sean is generally considered a "washcloth" in the village because no one except the Protestant pastor Playfair knows the real background: The former boxing champion Sean Thornton once killed his opponent in a fight in the States with a punch, so he goes to everyone Fist fight out of the way.

When Mary Kate wants to leave her husband, he decides to act: He grabs Mary Kate and throws her at Will with the remark that without a dowry no marriage could have come about. Mary is stunned, and when Red Will throws the dowry, a thick wad of money, on the floor in front of Sean, Sean picks it up and throws it wordlessly into the fire hole of a steam engine, the flap of which is held open by Mary Kate. She now knows what she means to Sean and proudly goes home to prepare dinner for her husband. In a remarkable fistfight, the two opponents finally get together and become friends. Finally, Will gets the adored widow Tillane.

background

The short story The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh was in the 1933 The Saturday Evening Post published. Walsh later revised his short story and published it in his collection The Green Rushes (1936). Compared to Walsh's short story, Ford and screenwriter Frank S. Nugent made a few changes, so the references to the Irish Republican Army, which was important in the short story, were minimized. Ford, whose family was themselves of Irish descent, read the story shortly after it was published and wanted to make a film immediately, but for the next 15 years all Hollywood producers initially responded negatively: It was a stupid little Irish story that would never make money .

Memorial statue for the film in the location Cong

Only Herbert Yates , head of Republic Pictures , gave Ford the green light to finally tackle his pet project - in return had to Ford for Republic Rio Grande , also with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in the lead roles, turning. Yates was nervous about the high cost and unconventional subject matter of the film, despite his approval, and had doubts about the film's success. The exterior scenes were filmed in Ireland in Mayo and Galway Counties in the summer of 1951 . Many scenes were created in the village of Cong and its immediate surroundings, which is why the village is advertised as the winner today . In the film leader is Ashford Castle near Cong to see. The interior scenes, on the other hand, were created in the Republic studio in Hollywood. For the comparatively small Studio Republic, the film budget of almost two million US dollars was exceptionally high. In order to cover the costs for his friend Ford, Wayne accepted the film project for the relatively low fee of 100,000 US dollars.

The film was shot in a very familiar atmosphere, which is also reflected in the cast. Francis Ford , the director's older brother, can be seen as a bearded old villager who rises from his deathbed thanks to the fight. John Wayne's four children Michael , Mary, Patrick and Melinda appear as extras in the racing scene. Maureen O'Hara's younger brothers are also present in the film: Charles B. Fitzsimons (1924-2001) plays one of Wayne's character's pub friends, James Fitzsimmons (1927-1992) the young priest Paul. Barry Fitzgerald plays the matchmaker Michaleen, while his younger brother Arthur Shields can be seen as the Protestant pastor at Playfair.

Awards

The bridge from the movie

Oscar 1953

Golden Globe Award 1953

Venice Film Festival 1952

Further awards

synchronization

The German dubbed version was made in 1953, although the film was released in German cinemas in an abridged version and therefore some short scenes remained unsynchronized.

role actor German Dubbing voice
Sean Thornton John Wayne Heinz Engelman
Mary Kate Danaher Maureen O'Hara Edith Schneider
Michaleen oge Flynn Barry Fitzgerald Alfred Balthoff
"Red" Will Danaher Victor McLaglen Walther Suessenguth
Father Peter Lonergan (narrator) Ward Bond Ernst Wilhelm Borchert
Sarah Tillane Mildred Natwick Ursula Diestel
Mrs. Elizabeth Playfair Eileen Crowe Agnes Windeck
Ignatius Feeney Jack MacGowran Walter Bluhm

reception

The Quiet Man was one of the most successful films of the year and made a total of around 3.8 million US dollars in profits in 1952 alone. To date, the film has received largely positive reviews from critics. In English-speaking countries, the film is still often shown on television on St. Patrick's Day . There are numerous pop cultural references to the film, for example the title character in ET - The Extra Terrestrial watches a kissing scene between Sean and Mary on TV.

"An excellently staged coarse and cheerful comedy from the Irish village milieu, the plot model of which was provided by Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'."

- Lexicon of international film

“With this very atmospheric character comedy with a weird Wayne, captivating dialogue wit and a lively production, director John Ford made one of the best films of all time. Two Oscars were rightly awarded: for direction and camera (Hoch / Stout). A film in which everything is just right! "

- prism

“Original colorful comedy about funny owls and thick skulls in the natural and realistic world of an Irish village. [...] Mostly worth seeing. "

- 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958. Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 396

See also

media

DVD / Blu-ray publications

  • The winner . Alive, 2018 (unabridged version)
  • The winner . Kinowelt Home Video, 2000 (uncut version)
  • John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man . Element Pictures, 2010 (documentary)

Soundtrack

  • Victor Young : The Quiet Man. First Complete Recording. Silva Screen, London 2000, audio carrier no. SSD 1118 / UPN 7-3857-21118-2-3 - digital re-recording of the complete film music with the Dublin Screen Orchestra under the direction of Kenneth Alwyn
  • Victor Young: The Quiet Man - Suite From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. On: Samson and Delilah - The Quiet Man. Original soundtracks. Original recording of the film music by the Victor Young Orchestra under the direction of the composer. Membrane / Mousiki Akti, Hamburg and Athens 2004, sound carrier no. 221857-207
  • Victor Young: The Quiet Man - Suite. On: Shane. A Tribute to Victor Young. New digital recording by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Kaufman . Koch International, Port Washington 1996, audio carrier no. 3-73765-2 H1

literature

  • Maurice Walsh : The silent man. Original title: The Quiet Man. In ibid .: Green rushes (OT: Green Rushes [The Quiet Man and Other Stories] ). Library of Irish Storytellers. German by Jürgen Kullmann . Library of Irish Storytellers 1997, 584 pp.
  • Des McHale: Complete Guide to the Quiet Man . Appletree Press Ltd, 2001, ISBN 978-0862817848 .
  • Gerry McNee: In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man: The Inside Story of the Cult Film . Mainstream Publishing, 2004, ISBN 978-1840188691 .
  • Seán Crosson, Rod Stoneman (Eds.) The Quiet Man ... and Beyond: Reflections on a Classic Film, John Ford and Ireland . The Liffey Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1905785568 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maureen O'Hara, John Nicoletti: Tis Herself: An Autobiography . Simon and Schuster, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7432-6916-2 ( google.de [accessed on May 16, 2018]).
  2. ^ The Subversive St. Patrick's Day Classic . In: The New Republic . ( newrepublic.com [accessed May 15, 2018]).
  3. ↑ The Quiet Man. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  4. ↑ The Quiet Man. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | The winner. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
  6. ↑ The winner. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  7. ↑ Prism Online