Diana (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Diana |
| Original title | Diana |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| script | Stephen Jeffreys |
| production |
Robert Bernstein , Douglas Rae |
| music | Keefus Ciancia, David Holmes |
| camera | Rainer Klausmann |
| cut | Hans Funck |
| occupation | |
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Diana is a 2013 British biographical film . Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel , Naomi Watts stars in the title role of Diana, Princess of Wales .
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The film portrays the last two years in the life of the Princess of Wales and focuses on her relationships with Hasnat Khan and Dodi Al-Fayed , with whom she died on August 31, 1997 in a traffic accident in Paris .
background
The film had its world premiere in London on September 5, 2013 . It opened in US and Canadian cinemas on November 1, 2013. The cinema release in Germany took place on January 9, 2014.
The film was shown in 38 cinemas in the United States and grossed 55,000 euros on the first weekend. The film also got off to a disappointing start in England in September 2013, making it a commercial flop . Launched in 159 cinemas, the film found 17,000 viewers in Germany.
The screenplay for the film based on the book Diana: Her Last Love by Kate Snell from 2001 onwards.
The scenes in the Imperial Suite of the Hotel Ritz in Paris were filmed in a hotel in Fetcham , Surrey .
For her portrayal, Naomi Watts was nominated for the Golden Raspberry for worst actress .
Reviews
The film received negative, sometimes disastrous reviews.
In Great Britain in particular, the film was panned with heavy criticism and malice. In The Guardian, for example, it was said that the princess had "died a cruel death for the second time" as a result of the film. The Daily Beast described the film as "boring", and it also said that Diana would be portrayed as a "romantic victim". In an interview, director Hirschbiegel described the harsh criticism of his film in the UK as mostly "polemical, unfair and unfounded in terms of content".
The film was only moderately received by the international audience: In the IMDb , users rated the film with an average of 5.5 out of 10 possible points. The Rotten Tomatoes site counted only 8 generally positive (8%) of 95 reviews. In summary, it says: "Naomi Watts tries to play the lead, but 'Diana' buries her attempt under a bad script and clumsy direction."
The German-speaking critics saw it similarly: Sonja Hartl from Spielfilm.de wrote: “ Diana is a pompous love film with a pseudo-critical touch, in which only the main actress is convincing.” According to TV Spielfilm , the film fluctuates “between respectful approach and clichéd transfiguration”. He was "worth seeing just because of Naomi Watts". On web.de it was said: “The result is a teardrop of the worst kind, which never does justice to its protagonist and which Diana can unfortunately no longer defend herself against.” It was also possible to read that the film was “less of a classic biography than something like that -could-it-have-theoretically-been-romance in which Diana often enough appears in her search for real life as a peasant-smart stupid at best ”.
Web links
- Diana in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Film Website (English)
- Particularly valuable rating: expert opinion by the German Film and Media Rating
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Diana Film flops at the box office ( Memento of the original from November 5, 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. at stylebook.de, accessed on November 5, 2013.
- ↑ Diana : Historical cinema flop at Bunte.de, accessed on February 4, 2014.
- ↑ Fetcham Park Stars like The Ritz, Paris Diana (film) ( Memento of the original from October 4, 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. at Yareah.com, accessed November 5, 2013.
- ↑ Spott-Preis “Goldene Raspbeere” at sueddeutsche.de, accessed on January 19, 2014
- ↑ a b British tear up Hirschbiegel's " Diana " film at handelsblatt.com.
- ↑ Princess Diana Was the Girlfriend From Hell. Why Is This Movie So Boring? Film review by the Daily Beast, April 11, 2013 (English).
- ↑ No interest in the " Diana " film! In: Bunte.de, accessed on February 4, 2014.
- ↑ Diana (2013) at IMDb (English).
- ↑ Diana (2013) at rottentomatoes.com (English).
- ^ Sonja Hartl: Review: Diana at spielfilm.de
- ↑ TV Spielfilm, issue 2/2014, p. 195
- ↑ “ Diana ”: A film that the world doesn't need ( memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ “Diana” (2013) at Filmstarts .de
