The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Race
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Race |
| Original title | A day at the races |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1937 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sam Wood |
| script |
George Oppenheimer Robert Pirosh George Seaton |
| production |
Sam Wood Irving Thalberg Lawrence Weingarten |
| music | Walter Jurmann |
| camera | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| cut | Frank E. Hull |
| occupation | |
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The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Races (original title: A Day at the Races ) is an American comedy film from 1937 and the seventh feature film by the Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico and Harpo.
action
Judy Standish runs the Standish sanatorium near the racecourse . Her only patient is the wealthy Emily Upjohn, who was led by her doctor, Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush was sent to the sanatorium. When a sanatorium doctor tells her that she is perfectly healthy, she is angry and wants to leave. To prevent this from happening, Tony, the sanatorium bus driver, cheats that Dr. Hackenbush was hired by the clinic . So Mrs. Upjohn stays and even wants to help Judy financially. This would save the sanatorium, because Judy owes Mr. Whitmore, who wants to take over the sanatorium.
Judy's friend Gil Stewart has meanwhile put all of his savings into the purchase of the horse Hi-Hat. In this way he tries to get the money for his girlfriend; however, he had Whitmore turn on a slow horse.
Finally, Tony manages to find Dr. Lure Hackenbush, who is in love with Mrs. Upjohn, to the clinic. However, she does not know that Dr. Hackenbush is actually a veterinarian . When he arrived at the sanatorium, he immediately aroused the manager's suspicions. Dr. But Hackenbush has no better plans than going to the racetrack. When he comes back, the manager, who is in league with Whitmore, called in another doctor to examine Mrs. Upjohn. Dr. Hackenbush is in danger of getting caught. Together with Tony and the jockey Stuffy, however, he manages to confuse the three and run away.
Finally, Dr. Hackenbush is still up and has to hide. Since Judy's friend owed the sheriff for feeding the horse and the sheriff was looking for him and the horse, Judy, Dr. Hackenbush, Tony and Stuffy had a hard time getting him to go to the race. There Whitmore unintentionally helps the horse to victory and Gil wins a chunk of money, enough to save Flo's sanatorium.
backgrounds
The film contains two classic scenes from the Marx Brothers:
- The "Tuttifrutti" scene on the racetrack: Dr. Hackenbush wants to bet and Tony wants to give him a tip. He gives him the tip for a dollar, but it's encrypted. Little by little, Tony sells Dr. Hackenbush a dozen code books .
- Mrs. Upjohn's investigation: Dr. Hackenbush is said to be working with Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg examine Mrs. Upjohn. Tony and Stuffy, disguised as doctors, come to his aid. After creating a great mess , they flee on a horse randomly running around the room.
As with the previous films, the comic numbers come from the Marx Brothers' vaudeville program. The script, however, was revised several times by various authors.
During the shooting, the producer Irving Thalberg died suddenly at the age of 36. Thalberg brought the Marx Brothers to MGM and accompanied their films. His death marked a turning point in the cinematic work of the Marx Brothers.
While the film was shown on television in 1967 in the original with German subtitles, it was shown in the cinema for the first time in 1983 in a German dubbed version.
The film was released on VHS and DVD in Germany under the title The Marx Brothers: The Great Race .
The British rock band Queen named their album A Day at the Races (1976) after this film.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was only produced on behalf of ZDF in 1979.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush | Groucho Marx | Herbert Stass |
| Stuffy | Harpo Marx | Arne Elsholtz |
| Tony | Chico Marx | Gerd Duwner |
| Judy Standish | Maureen O'Sullivan | Alexandra Lange |
| Gil Stewart | Allan Jones | Norbert Langer |
| Emily Upjohn | Margaret Dumont | Gudrun Genest |
| Whitmore | Leonard Ceeley | Jürgen Thormann |
| Flo Marlowe | Esther Muir | Ursula Heyer |
criticism
“Turbulent comedy that combines elements of revue , music , doctors and burlesk films ; The Marx Brothers target social conventions and taboos with bizarre and cheerfully disrespectful jokes , whereby concessions to the taste of the time, the situation comedy , the pace and the turbulence hardly hurt. "
Awards
Dave Gould was nominated for an Oscar in 1939 in the then award-winning Best Dance Directing category.
The film was ranked 59th on the American Film Institute's list of "100 Funniest American Movies" in 2000.
Web links
- The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Races in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Race in the Online Film Database
Individual evidence
- ^ Stephanie Thames: The Big Store (1941) - Articles. In: Turner Classic Movies . Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Marx Brothers - A day at the race in the German dubbing file; Retrieved August 16, 2011
- ↑ Thomas Bräutigam : Stars and their German voices. Lexicon of voice actors . Schüren, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-627-0 , p. 393
- ↑ The Marx Brothers: A Day at the Race. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs (PDF)