The Charterhouse of Parma (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Charterhouse of Parma |
| Original title | La Chartreuse de Parme |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 170/105 (shortened German version) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christian-Jaque |
| script | Christian-Jaque, Pierre Jarry , Pierre Véry |
| production | André Paulvé |
| music | Renzo Rossellini |
| camera | Nicolas Hayer |
| cut | Jacques Desagneaux |
| occupation | |
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The Charterhouse of Parma (original title: La Chartreuse de Parme ) is an Italian - French film adaptation of the novel of the same name (1839) by Stendhal from 1948.
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The young aristocrat Fabrizio del Dongo returns to Parma after studying theology for four years . On the way he meets Ferrante Palla, a doctor from Milan who had been sentenced to death and who had revolted against the tyranny prevailing there. However, he was able to flee and now roams the woods as a robber. Ferrante points to the Farnese Tower, the prison of Parma, and says that Prince Ernesto IV, who ruled there, was a tyrant. Fabrizio's much adored aunt, Countess Gina Sanseverina, with whom Fabrizio grew up, is eagerly awaiting the return of her nephew. She loves him dearly and is happy to see him again. She immediately introduces him to society and no longer leaves his side. Parma's prime minister, Count Mosca, who has been courting her for a long time, reacts jealously and also envies Fabrizio's youth.
Prince Ernesto, who fears a rebel rebellion, has a reception held for his birthday. He desires the early widowed countess and regrets that she has resisted him so far. With an anonymous letter, Ernesto tries to incite Count Mosca against Fabrizio - their mutual rival for the Countess' favor. Fabrizio meanwhile ensnares Fausta, a young married woman. When Fausta's horned husband ridiculed him in front of the townspeople, Fabrizio challenges the husband to a duel and emerges victorious. Shortly thereafter, Fabrizio ties up with the actress Marietta. When they go out in a carriage, Marietta's husband Gilletti lies in wait for them. In the ensuing fight, Gilletti runs into a knife that Fabrizio is holding and dies. When a carriage approaches, Fabrizio and Marietta decide to flee across the border to Austria . Soldiers arrest Fabrizio while trying to swim across the border river. When he is brought to the Farnese Tower, he meets Clelia, the daughter of General Conti. Fabrizio is sentenced to 20 years in prison for challenging the righteousness of local judges. From his prison cell he can see General Conti's house. His only consolation will be to watch the lovely Clelia there day after day.
Prince Ernesto is ready to release Fabrizio if the countess becomes his lover. But she rejects him again. Meanwhile, the ambitious police chief Rassi hatches a plan. The prison guard Grillo is said to poison Fabrizio and make it look like Fabrizio has died of an illness. Rassi hopes that the Countess and Count Mosca will subsequently leave Parma and that the post of Prime Minister will finally become free for him. However, Grillo, who has noticed that Fabrizio and Clelia have fallen in love, shows compassion and agrees to convey messages of love between Fabrizio and Clelia. When Ferrante Palla calls for Ernestus to be overthrown in the Parmas market square and is followed by soldiers, he spontaneously jumps into the countess's carriage. Because she hates Ernesto too, she asks Count Mosca to hide Ferrante Palla with him.
Clelia's father, General Conti, meanwhile gives his daughter an ultimatum: Either she marries the wealthy Marchese Crescenzi or she goes to the monastery. Clelia is ready to join an order, but changes her mind when the Countess asks her to help free Fabrizio. During the engagement party for Clelias and Crescenzis, the countess arranges for General Conti to be mixed into the glass. When Conti passes out, Ferrante Palla rushes over and brings him home. There Ferrante gives Clelia a pillow in which a rope and a file for Fabrizio are hidden. Grillo, who has no idea of the planned liberation action, arranges a meeting for Clelia and Fabrizio in the prison chapel. There Clelia tells Fabrizio about the plan. Fabrizio managed to escape during a celebration to mark the return of her recovered father.
When Fabrizio arrives in Como , he regrets his escape because he can no longer see Clelia. When the countess, out of jealousy, tells him that Clelia will marry the Marchese Crescenzi, Fabrizio travels back to Parma. Before he gets there, Clelia is already married. Crescenzi, who loves her very much, wants to give her the time to give herself completely to him and leaves on her wedding day to inspect his widely scattered lands. General Conti, who fell out of favor with Prince Ernesto after Fabrizio's escape, has Fabrizio arrested when he visits Clelia in front of her house. Now it is Clelia who asks the Countess for help. In order to secure Fabrizio's release, the Countess is finally ready to give in to Ernesto's advances. On the street she then meets Ferrante, who had previously confessed his love to her. He suspects the price the Countess paid for Fabrizio. After his release, Ferrante stabs Ernesto to death at morning roll call , which leads to a rebel uprising. Ferrante is killed by soldiers, while Grillo is struck down by an angry crowd. Police chief Rassi uses the unrest to have Ernesto's widow Marie Louise appoint him baron and prime minister. Clelia, with whom Fabrizio wants to start a new life far from Parma, is determined not to go with him. After making love, she travels to Crescenzi in Bologna . The countess in turn travels to Naples and Fabrizio now lives in the Charterhouse of Parma.
background
The shooting took place from April to September 1947 in Rome , Milan and in Como on Lake Como . Jean d'Eaubonne appeared as the film architect, and the costumes were designed by Yuri Pawlowitsch Annenkow . Leading actress Renée Faure , who made her breakthrough with the film, and director Christian-Jaque were married at the time.
The film premiered in 1948 at the Locarno International Film Festival . With more than six million viewers, The Charterhouse of Parma in France was the most successful film of the year. On October 19, 1949, the literary film was released in German cinemas in a version shortened by more than 60 minutes. The film opened in GDR cinemas on December 4, 1953. It was shown for the first time on German television on April 13, 1964 on DFF 1 . The film was released on DVD in 2016.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films found that the "film adaptation of Stendhal's masterpiece of French Romanticism [...] with ambitious actors and excellent photography" had been made. “[T] he depth of the original” becomes “only recognizable in a few moments”, which is why the film “ultimately remains a neatly constructed costume film with some religious misinterpretations”. In 1949, Der Spiegel wrote that in the film del Dongo's love for Clelia "runs stubbornly through the thicket of an exciting plot". "Sword and dagger, opium and arsenic, gallows, powder and lead [...] are appropriately used".
Awards
At the Locarno International Film Festival in 1948 , the Charterhouse of Parma received five awards. Two first prizes went to the actresses Renée Faure and Maria Casarès. Nicolas Hayer's camera work was also awarded first prize. Gérard Philipe received a second prize behind US actor Victor Mature for his performance .
German versions
An abridged German dubbed version was made in 1949 by the International Film Union (IFU). Ela Elborg was responsible for the dialogue script and the dubbing . In the 1980s, the GDR television broadcast the unabridged version, which was re-dubbed by the DEFA studio for synchronization in 1986. Dialog book and -regie took while Irene Mahlich . Instead of the original music, archive pieces (primarily from Prokofiev ) were used in this version .
| role | actor | Voice actor FRG 1949 | Voice actor GDR 1986 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clelia Conti | Renée Faure | Christine Mylius | Ulrike Mai |
| Police chief Rassi | Lucien Coëdel | Lutz Riemann | |
| Prince Ernesto IV. | Louis Salou | Wolfgang Eichberger | Paul Arenkens |
| Countess Gina Sanseverina | Maria Casarès | Tina Eilers | Roswitha Hirsch |
| Fabrizio del Dongo | Gérard Philipe | Peer Schmidt | Joachim Siebenschuh |
| Count Mosca | Tullio Carminati | Herbert Gernot | Ezard Haussmann |
| General Conti | Aldo Silvani | Martin Rosen | Gerd Ehlers |
| Marietta | Maria Michi | Hellena Büttner | |
| Marchese Crescenzi | Claudio Gora | Heinz Dragon | Peter Hladik |
| Grillo | Louis Seigner | EO carter | Hans-Joachim Hanisch |
| Ferrante Palla | Attilio Dottesio | Jaecki Schwarz | |
| Gilletti | Enrico Glori | Karl Sturm | |
| ambassador | Rudolf H. Neuhaus | Jörg Knochée | |
| Mosca's spy | Claudio Ermelli | Klaus Mertens |
Web links
- The Charterhouse of Parma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Charterhouse of Parma on filmsdefrance.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sixteen of the canvas . In: Der Spiegel , October 13, 1949.
- ↑ cf. filmsdefrance.com
- ↑ The Charterhouse of Parma. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. synchrondatenbank.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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.
- ↑ The Charterhouse of Parma - BRD 1949. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on August 10, 2018 .
- ↑ The Charterhouse of Parma - GDR 1986. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on August 10, 2018 .
