The Bride (1985)

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Movie
German title The bride
Original title The Bride
Country of production United Kingdom , USA
original language English
Publishing year 1985
length 119 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Franc Roddam
script Lloyd Fonvielle
production Victor Drai , Keith Addis
music Maurice Jarre
camera Stephen H. Burum
cut Michael Ellis
occupation

The Bride (original title The Bride , reference title Frankenstein Braut ) is a British-American horror film by Franc Roddam from 1985. The plot is loosely based on Mary Shelley's original book . The leading roles are starring Sting , Jennifer Beals , Anthony Higgins , Clancy Brown and David Rappaport .

action

Eva is brought into being by the obsessive doctor Baron Charles Frankenstein as a companion for his previously created male creature without a name. For years the doctor experimented and researched to create the perfect woman. At first Eva cannot speak and is rather simply structured. Without needing to do so, she moves completely naked in the castle. Little by little, Frankenstein builds her up into a cultivated young lady, from whom he keeps a secret that he created her. He then introduces Eva to aristocratic society, where she inspires without reservation. However, she suffers from knowing nothing about her past. However, her independence is increasingly troubling the baron, although it was he who made her so. The fact that she no longer obeys him annoys him, as does the fact that she is not interested in him as a man, despite his wealth. Fascinated by her beauty, he wants Eva all to himself. However, Eva fell in love with the young officer Josef Schoden, but had to realize that he really didn't care about her.

The creature that was turned away by Eva, and then destroyed the laboratory and fled the fire, has now turned to the circus, thanks to the diminutive Rinaldo, with whom the creature has befriended. It is Rinaldo, who has his heart in the right place, who gives the creature a name: "Viktor". Rinaldo dreams of one day seeing Venice . To achieve this goal he works in the circus. Director Magar himself hired him as a clown. Since the number is even better received in cooperation with Viktor, he has also been hired. Since both are a train number in the circus program, they can also demand correspondingly high fees. Magar, however, developed a hatred towards Rinaldo from day one and ensures that he dies in a fictitious accident in the ring. Shortly before his death, Viktor assures his friend that he will travel to Venice for him with Eva. When Viktor learns the truth that led to Rinaldo's death, he kills Magar's assistant Bela and flees with the money Bela was looking for and could not find.

Viktor returns to Frankenstein Castle and meets Eva there, who belongs to all of his love. He doesn't tell her who he is. When he is seen by the circus people while visiting the city, they ensure that he ends up in the dungeon. There he senses that Eva is in danger, breaks the chains and breaks out. He rushes to the castle and is just able to keep the baron from taking Eva by force. A fight ensues between the men in which Frankenstein falls from the laboratory to his death. A discussion takes place between Eva and Viktor. Their first journey together should lead them to Venice.

production

Filming

Cordès Castle, served in the film as "Frankenstein's Castle"

The film, produced by the production company Colgems, was shot in Shepperton Studios in Surrey , England. Other locations were the Chateau de Cordès in Orcival in the Puy-de-Dôme department , which served as Frankenstein's castle, Clermont-Ferrand , the capital of the aforementioned department, the Dordogne department , the municipality of Sarlat-la-Canéda in the Dordogne department, in the department Ain , on the Aude , in Carcassonne and in Pérouges , all in France.

Soundtrack

reception

publication

The film premiered on August 16, 1985 in the USA. In September 1985 it was published in France, in October 1985 in Austria, Finland and Australia and on October 17, 1985 in the Federal Republic of Germany.

In November it was shown in theaters in Sweden, Japan and Portugal, in February 1986 in Colombia, in May 1986 in Madrid and in June 1986 in Barcelona in Spain and in April 1987 in Hungary. It was released on DVD in Greece in October 2005. It has also been published in Brazil, Canada, Italy, Mexico, Poland and the Soviet Union.

The film was released by Uca Catalog on October 3, 2005 with a German soundtrack on DVD, and in November 2005 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

criticism

The lexicon of the international film praised: "A romantic variant of the horror classic, staged in mostly tasteful pictures as a captivating movie fairy tale."

Stephen Holden wrote in the New York Times that the very casual remake of Frankenstein's bride never made up its mind whether it was a horror film parody or seriously explored the myths surrounding the genre. The film opened comic-like with a Gothic farce and thunder and lightning, but minutes later I was striving to break away from historical films like Barry Lyndon . In other scenes, The Bride presents itself as a sentimental fairy tale and is more like a tragedy in its lighter moments. Although Sting as Frankenstein is a sinister, haughty, diabolical, philosophical owl, Jennifer Beals as Frankenstein's new wife does not radiate the spirit that would have been necessary to give the story of her upbringing and possible rebellion against her creator an amusing psychological humor . Her Eva is not a Spitfire, but a Barbie doll.

Eric Reifschneider from Blood Brothers Reviews said, as expected, he was hardly impressed by the film. He had already found it strange that this film was the remake of a sequel. The original bride von Frankenstein from 1935 was after all a sequel to the film Frankenstein from 1931. The viewer either knows the history of Frankenstein better or is lost. After an interesting opening sequence the film goes downhill quickly and by the time it comes to an end the viewer has already lost interest. The biggest problem with the film, however, is that there is extremely little horror. The filmmakers have forgotten that Frankenstein's original bride was primarily a horror film and not a love story. Overall, the film is boring, overly long and too abrupt in style.

British Horror Films found the film was jam-packed with clichés but also fun. The first scene when the bride was created is hilarious. But the film is way too long and everything that it offers has been seen before. He's still better than Mary Shelley's Frankenstein mishmash, though.

The film critic Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune spoke of a disappointment. The remake of the 1935 version with rock star Sing as the doctor and Jennifer Beals as the reconstructed bride fails to tell the main story. Of course, given the title, one could expect to see a film that addresses the conflict between a doctor who wants to play God and a female monster. In the foreground, however, is the story between the monster and the dwarf. Sting's acting skills are poor and Beals cannot convince in this role either and is rather badly cast.

Derek Winnert's impression was that of a striking and stylish horror film that tells the story of the 1935 classic in a decent way, but this reworking lacks the gloomy atmosphere that made the 1935 original so attractive. Winnert also criticized the fact that the main characters were not in the center of the film. The critics found the cast as tempting idiosyncratic, with David Rappaport showing the most outstanding performance in his role as dwarf Rinaldo. Conclusion: The bride is largely forgotten, while the classic from 1935 is immortal.

Kino.de spoke of a “romantic horror tale”, “superbly photographed” and only loosely based on the horror film classic. Roddam tell the story "in opulent furnishings and with impressive exterior shots". Pop star Sting andJennifer Beals, who had become famouswith Flashdance two years earlier,should have acted as “crowd pullers”.

success

The film played in the cinemas of the United States about 3,560,000 US dollars and US dollars approximately 3.63 million worldwide.

Awards

  • Razzie Awards , nominated
    • Jennifer Beals in the worst actress category

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Bride film locations adS german.imdb.com
  2. ↑ The Bride Fig. DVD case (in the picture: Jennifer Beals, Sting)
  3. ↑ The bride. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 22, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Stephen Holden: Screen: "The Bride" In: The New York Times , August 16, 1985 (English). Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ Eric Reifschneider: The Bride sS bloodbrothersfilmreviews.blogspot.com (English). Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  6. ^ The Bride (1985) see britishhorrorfilms.co.uk (English). Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  7. ^ Gene Siskel : "The Bride" Is a Monstrous Failure In: Chicago Tribune , August 19, 1985 (English). Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ The Bride sS derekwinnert.com (English)
  9. ↑ The bride sS kino.de. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  10. ↑ The Bride Business Data adS german.imdb.com