The city of the lost
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The city of the lost |
| Original title | Legend of the Lost |
| Country of production | USA , Italy |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 109 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henry Hathaway |
| script |
Ben Hecht , Robert Presnell Jr. |
| production | Henry Hathaway |
| music | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| camera | Jack Cardiff |
| cut | Bert Bates |
| occupation | |
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The City of the Lost (Original title: Legend of the Lost ) is an adventure film by Henry Hathaway, which was made in 1957 in US-Italian-Panamanian co-production. The premiere in Germany took place on April 5, 1958.
action
The experienced guide Joe January reluctantly agrees to escort a treasure hunter from Timbuktu through the desert. The treasure hunter is Paul Bonnard, he wants to look for a treasure in a ruined city in the desert , which his father allegedly found and buried there again. Bonnard falls in love with Dita, a woman with a bad reputation, she is considered revealing. Despite Joe's objections, Dita takes part in the expedition to the city in the desert. During a sandstorm , when the three huddle together under a blanket, it starts to spark between Joe and Dita.
The journey is arduous, the small group is running out of drinking water . But at the last moment they hit the city and find a fountain there . In the ruins one discovers three skeletons , two men and one woman. There is also a letter in the sand . From it it emerges that Bonnard's father apparently surprised his wife with the Führer inflagranti and then killed the two of them and himself. After a long search, the three also find the treasure. Bonnard knows the coordinates his father recorded. But a little later a dispute breaks out between Bonnard and Joe. Bonnard had previously urged Dita to want to kiss her, but she pushed him back and exclaimed that she did not love him. Bonnard then accuses Joe of having stolen the woman from him. To Dita he expresses the fear that Joe wants to kill him.
Bonnard sneaks away during the night, taking the two horses, the mule , the supplies and the treasure with him. Joe and Dita follow the tracks in the morning. But Dita breaks down in the heat . A little later, Joe spots one of the horses alone in the desert. He puts the totally exhausted Dita in the saddle. A few hours later they find Bonnard, exhausted to death , with the other two animals, he had run out of drinking water. Joe lets him drink from the first horse's hose. Another argument breaks out between the two men, Bonnard seriously injures Joe and takes a fatal blow, but is shot by Dita at the last moment. Later, Joe and Dita meet a caravan and are able to save themselves. The treasure is theirs now.
background
The film, a Batjac production in which John Wayne was involved, was shot in the Cinecittà studios in Rome and Libya . The film wasn't very successful. He brought back only $ 2.2 million on a budget of $ 1.75 million in the US.
Born in Austria, Kurt Kasznar came to the United States in the mid-1930s and became a sought-after theater actor. Between 1941 and 1969, Henry Hathaway and John Wayne worked together nine times.
Despite John Wayne and Sophia Loren as the leading actors and Henry Hathaway as the director, the film was not a success, even with other top people on the set. Co-author Ben Hecht won an Oscar in 1929 and 1936, and cinematographer Jack Cardiff was honored in 1948.
Reviews
"Despite the large cast, a rather boring adventure film in a decorative landscape."
“Western director Henry Hathaway tries a mix of romance, adventure and westerns. John Wayne plays John Wayne as always. All the effort and the exotic locations do not change that. "
“With the usual professionalism and in the usual Western manner, old master Henry Hathaway staged the adventurous story of a treasure hunt. Cinematographer Jack Cardiff contributed beautiful shots from the desert and an ancient ruined city in Libya, but despite the star cast, the film was rather boring for long stretches. "
Web links
- The City of Lost in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The city of the lost in the German dubbing index
- Legend of the Lost. In: afi.com. American Film Institute , accessed September 24, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050629/business
- ↑ The City of the Lost. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/film_aktuell/filmdetail/film/?typ=inhalt&film_id=14715
- ↑ The City of the Lost. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on September 24, 2017 .