The swing girls

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Movie
German title The swing girls
Original title Le ragazze dello swing
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 2010
length German Version: 210 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Maurizio Zaccaro
script Gabriele Eschenazi
Laura Ippoliti
Maurizio Zaccaro
production Luca Barbareschi
Susanna Bolchi
music Teho Teardo
occupation

The Swing Girls (original title: Le ragazze dello swing , English The Swing Girls ) is a two-part television film by Maurizio Zaccaro about the history of the Trio Lescano . The Italian premiere was on September 27, 2010. Sylvia Kristel had her last role in the film .

action

Towards the end of the 1930s, the three Dutch sisters Alexandra, Judith and Kitty Leschan emigrate to Italy with their Jewish mother Eva De Leeuwe. The two older sisters are soon engaged as dancers by the Neapolitan minor artist Gennaro Fiore. At the suggestion of her mother, Fiore forms a vocal trio out of the three girls. The girls' talent is soon recognized by the impresario Pier Maria Canapone, who signs the girls. Italian radio initially rejects the trio because of their origins, but changes its mind when another music company offers the trio an exclusive contract. The girls' Dutch surname, Leschan, is changed to the Italianized Lescano. The three now appear under the name Trio Lescano .

With the rise of fascism in Italy, Canapone tries to convince the girls to use their popularity for the propaganda of the regime. After the Italian race laws were promulgated in 1938, they were declared Jewish because of their Jewish mother. Mistrust and accusations soon arise because of their Jewish origins. While performing in Genoa , the Italian Gestapo arrested them on charges of hiding encrypted messages in their songs to the American armed forces. They will be released soon, but their music will no longer be allowed to air.

Alexandra uses her relationship with her former lover Parisi, who has since made a career under the fascists, to free her friend, the Jewish pianist Funaro. She also asks for the release of her former boss Venezia. While Venezia is being released, Funaro is being evacuated. After the war, the two older sisters decide to travel to South America and continue their careers there. The younger sister Kitty stays in Italy and marries her boyfriend there.

Publications

Italian premiere

No. Broadcast date Audience Audience share
1 September 27, 2010 4,665,000 17.33%
2 September 28, 2010 4,497,000 16.74%

German premiere

The German first broadcast took place on October 19, 2012 on the Franco-German TV channel arte .

Awards

The swing girls won the Golden Nymph at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in 2011 and the Golden Magnolia for best directorial work at the Shanghai Television Festival .

Web links

The Swing Girls in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

  1. Ascolti tv deludenti per Le ragazze dello swing: 4.6 milioni (17.33%). Retrieved December 27, 2013 .
  2. Ascolti TV martedì 28 September 2010: Le ragazze dello swing vincono la serata con 4,500,000 spettatori. Retrieved December 27, 2012 .