The hour of the comedians (film)

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Movie
German title The hour of the comedians
Original title The comedians
Country of production USA , France
original language English
Publishing year 1967
length 140 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Peter Glenville
script Graham Greene
production Peter Glenville for Trianon
music Laurence Rosenthal
camera Henri Decaë
cut Françoise Javet
occupation

The hour of the comedians (original title: The Comedians ) is an American film by Peter Glenville from 1967. It is the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Graham Greene , who also wrote the screenplay.

action

In Haiti , some very diverse people come into conflict with the all-powerful secret police " Tonton Macoute ", which uses inhumane methods to maintain the regime of the dreaded dictator François Duvalier . So they are torn from unworldly dreams and forced to give up their poses and selfishness and to face an oppressive reality.

background

Elizabeth Taylor supposedly took on the small role she plays in the film because Sophia Loren was supposed to play her role and she didn't want Richard Burton to play love scenes with Loren. Her fee was $ 500,000 and Burton received $ 750,000. It's the only film in which Taylor speaks with a German accent.

German version

The German synchronized editing was created in 1967.

role actor Voice actor
Mr. Brown Richard Burton Harald Juhnke
Martha Pineda Elizabeth Taylor Rosemarie Fendel
Major Jones Alec Guinness Friedrich Schoenfelder
Ambassador Pineda Peter Ustinov Alexander Welbat
Mr. Smith Paul Ford Paul Wagner
Mrs. Smith Lillian Gish Ursula War
Petit Pierre Roscoe Lee Browne Klaus Miedel
Concasseur Raymond St. Jacques Heinz Petruo
Henri Philipot Georg Stanford Brown Herbert Stass

Reviews

“An epically broad adaptation of a novel by Graham Greene, which tries to combine political and private drama with little success. What remains is a well-staged star film. "

- Lexicon of international film

“Directed by Peter Glenville, it was a well-staged star film that pushed the political aspect into the background. Nevertheless, this is gripping entertainment in which the main characters uncover their respective life lies in the face of death. "

- prism

“The focus is on the romance between a broken-up American and an ambassador's wife under the dictatorship in Haiti; around it a hodgepodge of curious outsiders, self-promoters, comedians, whose fate unfolds against the background of the murderous political tension. In the end the film reaches tragically absurd dimensions. (Rating: 2½ out of 4 possible stars - above average ) "

- Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz : Lexicon "Films on TV", 1990

“The more epic than dramatic style of staging does not do justice to the material, as it emphasizes not the human, but the popular traits of the plot. From 16 without recommendation. "

- Protestant film observer

Awards

  • Lillian Gish was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1968 for Best Supporting Actress .
  • Paul Ford was named Best Supporting Actor of the 1967 Film Year by the National Board of Review .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ J. Randy Taraborrelli: Elizabeth . Grand Central Publishing, 2007, ISBN 0-446-40036-X , p. 272.
  2. ↑ Brenda Maddox: Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor? A Myth of Our Time , Evans, 1977, ISBN 0871312433 , p. 199.
  3. ↑ Thomas Bräutigam : Lexicon of film and television synchronization. More than 2000 films and series with their German voice actors etc. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-289-X , p. 347.
  4. ↑ The hour of the comedians. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 21, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ^ The hour of the comedians at prisma.de; Retrieved November 1, 2008
  6. ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 785.
  7. ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 1/1968, p. 4