The Iron Knight of Falworth
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Iron Knight of Falworth |
| Original title | The Black Shield of Falworth |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolph Maté |
| script | Oscar Brodney |
| production |
Robert Arthur , Melville Tucker |
| music | Hans J. Salter (not mentioned in the film), Joseph Gershenson (supervisor) |
| camera | Irving Glassberg |
| cut | Ted J. Kent |
| occupation | |
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The iron knight of Falworth (original title: The Black Shield of Falworth ) is an American adventure film by the director Rudolph Maté from 1954. It was based on the novel The Youngest Knight ( Man of Iron ) by Howard Pyle . The premiere in Germany took place on December 17, 1954.
action
Myles Falworth and his sister Meg live in hiding with their protector Diccon Bowman on a farm in Crosbey-Dale. Her father has been falsely accused of treason by the Earl of Alban. The English King Henry IV has deprived him of his civil rights, whereupon he wants to bring his children to safety. The Lord of Crosbey-Dale wants to catch the two children and sends out a search party, which he himself leads with another nobleman, Sir Robert. To refresh themselves, they stop at the farm that Myles and Meg use as a hiding place. Meg is harassed, Myles intervenes.
Bowman then wants to send the children to the Earl of Mackworth, an old friend of their father. The Earl sees in Myles the savior of the nation, who is supposed to save England from the evil machinations of the Earl of Alban. Myles is trained to be a knight. The king knighted him and started a court battle between Myles and the Earl of Alban. Myles kills the Earl and prevents his overturning plans from becoming a reality. He then marries the Earl of Mackworth's daughter, Lady Anne.
background
- This universal production was the first to be shot using the CinemaScope process.
- The budget for the film was just under $ 1.2 million.
- Janet Leigh (Golden Globe 1961) and Tony Curtis (Golden Globes 1958 and 1961) were married from 1952 to 1961. As a married couple, they made five films together. This film is the second they made together.
- Rudolph Maté, a former cameraman, switched to directing in 1947 and directed a total of 31 films by 1962.
- In the year of production, Barbara Rush was awarded the Golden Globe for another film ( Danger from Space ).
- Art director Alexander Golitzen was awarded the Oscar three times: in 1944, 1961, 1963, his colleague Russell A. Gausman twice: 1944, 1961 and colleague Oliver Emert once: 1963.
- The sound engineering was overseen by Leslie I. Carey, who won an Oscar in 1955.
German version
The German dubbed version was created in 1954 in the studio of Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke , Berlin , under the direction of Albert Baumeister .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Myles Falworth | Tony Curtis | Herbert Stass |
| Lady Anne | Janet Leigh | Margot Leonard |
| Earl of Alban | David Farrar | Klaus Miedel |
| Meg Falworth | Barbara Rush | Sigrid Lagemann |
| Earl of Mackworth | Herbert Marshall | Robert Klupp |
| Diccon Bowman | Rhys Williams | Georg Gütlich |
| Prince of Wales | Dan O'Herlihy | Erich Fiedler |
| Sir James | Torin Thatcher | Paul Wagner |
Reviews
"Knight spectacle with the clang of arms, manly pride and romantic love and an astonishingly accurate description of martial customs."
“The good news first: There are exciting knights' competitions, the clank of arms and roaring. The bad news: Tony Curtis seems involuntarily weird and the dialogues are simply underground. "
"Great knight's piece (...) The description of the weapons lessons at that time is interesting."
"Warlike demeanor and proud stars in a flag-billowing, brightly colored and historical-detail oriented adventure. (Rating: 2 out of 4 possible stars - average) "
Web links
- The Black Shield of Falworth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Web presence of the film
- German movie posters
literature
- Howard Pyle : Man of Iron . Dodo Press 2008, ISBN 1-4065-6451-6 - English edition
- Howard Pyle: The youngest knight (Original title: Man of Iron ). Illustrated Classics, Volume 79 (Collector's Luxury Edition). Hethke, Schönau 1996, 50 pp.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046789/business
- ↑ Thomas Bräutigam: Lexicon of film and television synchronization. More than 2000 films and series with their German voice actors etc. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-289-X , p. 122
- ↑ cf. Lexicon of International Films 2000/2001 (CD-ROM)
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/film_aktuell/filmdetail/film/?typ=inhalt&film_id=9227
- ↑ 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. 94
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz in Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , pp. 189-190.