The yellow Rolls-Royce
| Movie | |
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| German title | The yellow Rolls-Royce |
| Original title | The Yellow Rolls-Royce |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 122 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anthony Asquith |
| script | Terence Rattigan |
| production | Anatole de Grunwald |
| music | Riz Ortolani |
| camera | Jack Hildyard |
| cut | Frank Clarke |
| occupation | |
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce is a British episode film directed by Anthony Asquith in 1964. It starred in numerous film stars such as Ingrid Bergman , Shirley MacLaine , Jeanne Moreau , Alain Delon and Omar Sharif . The focal point of the plot is a Rolls-Royce. The film describes the experiences of its owners.
action
Lord Frinton, State Secretary in the Foreign Office under King George VI. , buys his wives a yellow Rolls-Royce for their wedding day. The next day he surprises her in the parking lot of the racecourse in Ascot with her lover in the same vehicle. Seriously disappointed, he returns the car on the same day.
A few owners later, the Rolls-Royce was offered for sale in Genoa . The simple-minded fiancé of the American mafioso Paolo Maltese likes the old-fashioned car. So he buys it. Together with friend Joey they go on excursions through several Italian cities. When Paolo has to travel to Miami on business for a few days (by ship - it's about a little gangster war), his fiancée Mae gets closer to the Italian tourist guide and gigolo Stefano. He shows her the sights and ensures fun hours on the summer evenings. Contrary to his habit, he falls seriously in love with the beautiful, fun-loving American woman and she with him. Joey advises ending the relationship before Paolo returns to guarantee Maes and Paolo's safety and survival. Mae wistfully says goodbye to Stefano - she lets him believe that he was just her paid gigolo - and also to the yellow Rolls-Royce who was the witness and nest of her love for Paolo.
Now the car is for sale in Trieste. Gerda Millett, a wealthy, influential, American widow, bought it in 1941 to continue her journey to the Yugoslav queen. This diplomatic visit is overshadowed by rumors of coups and the chaos of war. A compatriot of the Queen by the name of Davich therefore offers himself as escort. During the journey, he reveals himself as a wanted public enemy, as a freedom fighter for his threatened homeland and hides in the trunk shortly before reaching the border. Before doing so, he appeals to Mrs. Millett's humanity, using all his charm, to prevent him from being discovered by border guards by all means at her disposal. Once they have been successfully smuggled into the country, they arrive in Ljubljana . Here they part ways initially. But when the city is bombed, Davich dares to confiscate the Rolls-Royce in order to support his buddies in the mountains. Gerda takes on the role of chauffeur, as Davich cannot drive a car. In the midst of the partisans , she and Davich lead a meager life full of privation, transporting armed rebels through the forests in their luxuriously equipped car and thus supporting the armed struggle against the monarchy, but above all against the attacking Germans ... Mrs. Millet and Davich spend one together Night in the yellow Rolls-Royce and stay connected afterwards. After returning to Trieste, Mrs. Millet has the car shipped to the USA. The final scene shows the yellow Rolls-Royce on a highway.
Background information
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The film was shot in England, Italy and Austria. The studio recordings took place in the MGM British studios in Borehamwood near London. Technicians from the MGM production company painted the Rolls-Royce with yellow and black paint especially for the film. Originally the car color was light blue. The classic car was owned by Californian businessman Neal Kirkham in 2004.
On December 31, 1964, the film was released in British cinemas and on April 8, 1965 in the Federal Republic of Germany's cinemas.
The idea of making a car and the fate of its various owners the subject of an episode film was realized in 1947 in Germany by director Helmut Käutner with the debris film In those days .
Awards
The song Forget domani , sung by Katyna Ranieri, won the Golden Globe in 1966 . In 1965 the film was nominated for the BAFTA Award in the categories “Best Cinematography” and “ Best Costumes ”.
Reviews
The evangelical film observer is ambivalent : “Three episodes are intended to show that women cannot deviate from a path that has once been taken. This is not only too little for the effort required by the actors, although accurate social criticism and here and there flashing dialogues with polish compensate for the equally numerous lengths. For adults as entertainment without depth. ”The lexicon of the international film comes to a similar assessment :“ In three episodes [...] the story of a luxury automobile is told alternately funny or sentimental based on the love affairs of its users. Tolerably entertaining equipment film with a star cast. "
literature
- Lawrence J. Quirk : Ingrid Bergman and Her Films. Translated from American English by Marie Margarete Giese. Goldmann, Munich 1982, pp. 144-149, ISBN 3-442-10214-6 .
Web links
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The yellow Rolls-Royce in the lexicon of international films
- The yellow Rolls-Royce in the German dubbing file
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
- Detailed shots of the original Rolls-Royce
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMDb locations
- ↑ IMDb Trivia
- ↑ Article in the Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2003
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Start dates in the IMDb database
- ↑ IMDb Awards
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 144/1965
- ↑ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1271
