Scandal in the opera

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Movie
German title Scandal in the opera
Original title A Night at the Opera
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1935
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Sam Wood
script Georg S. Kaufman
Morrie Ryskind
production Irving Thalberg
music Walter Jurmann
Herbert Stothart
camera Merritt B. Gerstad
cut William LeVanway
occupation

Scandal in the Opera (original title: A Night at the Opera ) is a comedy film with the Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico and Harpo. Her sixth feature film was shot in 1935. The opera featured in the film with obstacles is Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore .

action

The opera singer Rodolfo Lassparri and the singer Rosa Castaldi are hired by the rich Mrs. Claypool for the director of the opera in New York , Herman Gottlieb. Lassparri tries again and again to hook up with Castaldi. But she is in love with Ricardo Baroni, a singer from the choir . Since he is not engaged (which would lead to the two being separated), his friend Fiorello intervenes. He places him on Otis B. Driftwood, who is hooking up with Mrs. Claypool. Driftwood thinks they can hire Lassparri, but signs a deal with Baroni. When he discovers the fraud, the contract is broken.

Are as Driftwood, Mrs. Claypool, Gottlieb, Lassparri and Castaldi went on board the ship, discovered Driftwood that he Fiorello, Tomasso and Ricardo Baroni in his case has taken on board and that as with stowaways with by America drive. When they are discovered shortly before arrival, they are arrested. You can escape to the cabin of three famous Russian pilots. When they overwhelm the pilots and are greeted in their place with a speech, they fly up. They flee to Driftwood, but the police promptly visit them. To make matters worse, Driftwood loses his job at the theater and the four of them are out on the street. They secretly break into the theater and prevent Lasparri's appearance. Since he cannot be found, Baroni has to step in for him. He gets his chance and he can use it. Baroni and Castaldi are dating again, and New York audiences are celebrating the two as new stars.

Reviews

“Exuberant, but not very exciting grotesque . Outdated."

- 6000 films. Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism

“The first Marx Brothers film with a continuous plot, which, however, remains conventional and satirically exaggeratedly meaningless. The play on words and actions of the often brilliant comedians set the highlights . "

- Lexicon of international film

“Circus passes and opera heroes. A mostly silly comedy with a lot of amusing clowneries. "

- Protestant film observer

backgrounds

The film contains some classic scenes from the Marx Brothers:

  • The negotiation between Groucho and Chico about the contract with Lassparri: they keep cutting the contract until there is only a narrow strip left. They are in a bar, one foot on the ko Lassparri lying on the ground.
  • Driftwood moves into his tiny cabin and finds the three stowaways: first he orders food for all three and gradually two housekeeping, the manicure, the ship plumber and the stoker, the cleaning lady, a girl who is looking for his aunt, and the three stewards who bring the food into the cabin. Finally there are fourteen people in the room including the huge suitcase. In the end, Harpo lies on the stewards' trays. When Mrs. Claypool comes with the bellboy and opens the door, everyone falls towards them.
  • "Speech" from Harpo at the port, during which he only drinks several liters of water.
  • The sheriff's visit to Driftwood, who is looking for stowaways: while he is always walking in circles through the living room, balcony and bedroom, the four of them are fleeing from him, clearing the furniture from the living room into the bedroom and vice versa.

Awards

1993: Entry into the National Film Registry .

Others

The rock group Queen named their 1975 album A Night at the Opera after this film.

Web links

Wikiquote: The Marx Brothers at Opera  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958 . Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism. Düsseldorf: Haus Altenberg 1963 (3rd edition), p. 398.
  2. ^ Scandal in the opera. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Ev. Munich Press Association, Review No. 148/1958
  4. ^ Page with the list of the National Film Registry [1] : accessed on February 6, 2015