The miracle man

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Movie
German title The miracle man
Original title Wonder Man
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1945
length 96 minutes
Rod
Director H. Bruce Humberstone
script Arthur Sheekman (short story)
Jack Jevne
Eddie Moran
Melville Shavelson
Don Hartman
production Samuel Goldwyn
music Ray Heindorf
Heinz Roemheld
camera Victor Milner
William E. Snyder
cut Daniel Mandell
occupation

The miracle worker is an American feature film in 1945 by H. Bruce Humberstone with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo in the lead roles . The film is based on a short story by Arthur Sheekman and was shown on TV under the title My Magical Brother .

The wonder man was nominated for an Oscar in four categories and could win one.

action

The identical twins Edwin and Buster Dingle are very similar in appearance, but are completely different in their personalities. Buster Dingle appears under the name “Buzzy Bellew” in a loud and silly manner in the nightclub “Pelican Club”, while the learned Edwin Dingle, a quiet contemporary, is currently writing a scientific book about the boundaries of human knowledge. The brothers have not seen each other in years. Buster witnesses a murder for which Mafia boss "Ten Grand" Jackson is responsible. Since Buster wants to testify in court, "Ten Grand" Jackson's henchmen himself are murdered and thrown into a river.

Buster returns as a ghost and contacts his brother to hold the murderers accountable. So Edwin slips into the role of his brother. He also appears in his place in the nightclub and is supported by his ghost brother. Buster is unable to be seen or heard by anyone other than his brother Edwin. This creates complications, and most people now think Edwin is either a madman or a liar. In one scene at the nightclub, Edwin appears as a famous Russian singer who suffers from a flower allergy . When a vase of flowers is placed on the table next to him, the song he is performing is constantly interrupted by his loud sneezing. Entanglements of another kind also arise from the fact that the murdered Buster was in a relationship with the artist Midge Mallon, while Edwin feels drawn to the librarian Ellen Shanley.

Pursued by Jackson's henchmen Chimp and Torso, Edwin takes refuge in an opera , where he has to sing on stage. Edwin sings his testimony (what his brother told him about the murder) to the public prosecutor who is present in the audience in the form of an operatic aria . "Ten Grand" Jackson can eventually be arrested and sentenced. In the end, Edwin Dingle and Ellen Shanley get married, and Midge Mallon marries Monte Rossen, the owner of the nightclub where Buster Dingle performed.

backgrounds

Vera-Ellen as Midge and Steve Cochran as Jackson made their film debut here. For Danny Kaye , The Wonder Man was only the second leading role in a Hollywood film after the 1944 film Up in Arms . Though Kaye was a relative newcomer to Hollywood, the movie was quite a budget, and the special effects in particular - that the same actor was on screen in two roles at the same time - were painstakingly done. The film premiered in America on June 8, 1945, but was not released in Germany until 1952. In 1982 Der Wundermann was first seen on German television.

criticism

The lexicon of international films judged: "Hollywood comedy , which apart from a few comical and grotesque climaxes and the performance of Danny Kaye in the double role offers little surprising." Leonard Maltin awarded three out of four stars and described the film as "Kaye's fun". It's a large, colorful production with Oscar-winning special effects. Kino.de wrote: “Slam comedy with Danny Kaye (“ The Court Jester ”), for whom the double role as an exalted ghost and shy twin brother offers ample opportunity to get completely out of hand. The climax is an opera performance (...) "

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IMDb
  2. ↑ IMDb Release Info
  3. ↑ The Wonder Man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ^ Leonard Maltin : Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide . Plume, New York 2015, ISBN 978-0-14-751682-4 , pp. 793 (English): "Big, colorful production with Oscar-winning special effects."
  5. ^ The miracle man at Kino.de

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