The Expulsion from Paradise (film)
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| Original title | The expulsion from paradise |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 114 minutes |
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| Director | Niklaus Schilling |
| script | Niklaus Schilling |
| production | Elke Haltaufderheide |
| music | Giuseppe Verdi , Drupi , Gianna Nannini |
| camera | Ingo Hamer |
| cut | Niklaus Schilling |
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The Expulsion from Paradise is a German feature film. It was premiered on April 2, 1977 as part of the Duisburg Film Week .
action
Anton Paulisch wanted to make an international career in film and as an actor. So he was drawn from Munich to Rome . Under the stage name Andy Pauls, he actually worked in various productions, but without ever playing a leading role. He gets by more badly than right. Only the near death of his mother leads him back to his hometown. His mother bequeathed him a powerful picture of the expulsion from paradise , which he had marveled at as a child. But above all, he and his sister Astrid inherit a small photo business, which is heavily indebted.
Nevertheless, the sister manages that Andy stays in Munich for the time being and starts looking for film roles. Although his demonstration as a robotic mechanical man regularly arouses admiration, the tour soon ends in disaster: While filming a motor oil commercial it turns out that he cannot drive a car at all. However, his sister continues to admire and care for him. A more than fraternal affection has long since developed. Astrid only seems to reply to the advances made by the narrow-minded bank branch manager Berens because that would soon resolve the financial need.
A certain Countess Rosenburg gives Andy a really big role after all. The beautiful noblewoman is in dire straits. She finances her luxurious lifestyle as a marriage fraud - and someone who has been duped is close to her. Andy Pauls can only save her from being exposed in a hotel bar through top performance. On the spot he becomes your "secretary". The wealth continues to grow rapidly. But even more skilled crooks will soon take everything from them again.
The wedding between Astrid and the branch manager can no longer be prevented. It is part of the banker's ingenious plan. With the honeymoon everything turns out differently. Andy suddenly wants to go to Italy with him, as he has just received a sensational offer from Rome by telegram. On the spur of the moment, Astrid, Andy and the Countess hijack Berens' ready-to-go car and drive off without taking it with them.
A few kilometers from Rome, he caught up with her in another car. But he raced after not because of his newly wedded wife, but because of a toolbox full of misappropriated bank money. The countess cannot resist this temptation to riches. This clears up the situation one last time. Probably never to be seen again. What remains are the incestuous siblings Andy and Astrid, who reach the great gate of the Cinecittà in Rome . With a solemn bells ringing, they drive into film paradise. An angel shows them the way.
backgrounds
The film has strong autobiographical traits, both with regard to the director Niklaus Schilling and with regard to its main actor Herb Andress.
Schilling, a Swiss who had lived in Munich since 1965, struggled to gain a foothold in the film industry following his critically acclaimed debut film Nightshade . He sees himself as history-conscious and caught up in German mythology and distinguishes himself on the one hand from filmmakers who primarily try to imitate (US) American models, on the other hand from those who orientate themselves on an educated, elitist concept of art. Schilling searches for the cause of the identity crisis in the German film industry in the 1970s in the lack of awareness of the film medium's pop-cultural identity. As is typical of the time, he criticizes the sell-out to television and commerce in Expulsion from Paradise .
Andress, an Austrian, once moved to Hollywood with the goal of a film career . One of his best-known, early roles was the portrayal of Mechanical Man in the television series My Onkel vom Mars . Mostly he was committed to the role of the blond German, often in the war films of the German Nazi officer. American film critics have already referred to him as the "Teutonic crossroads" of Lee Marvin and James Caan . After his return to Europe at the beginning of the 1970s, he became known to the local audience through supporting roles, especially through television appearances such as that of the hero of the TV series Alles Gute, Köhler . The Expulsion from Paradise was his first leading role in a cinema after returning.
Reviews
“An episodic film staged with a light hand, interwoven with moments of melodrama, satire and crime comedy. A complex examination of myths and cinema clichés, which at the same time questions the role of the actor in the film industry. "
“This is one of those rare and strange films that constantly surprise and astonish the viewer, that defy all expectations and can hardly be categorized. What begins as a melodrama suddenly turns into a comedy, then becomes a crime film, soon melodrama again and finally ends in such a super kitsch that you think you're dreaming. "
“As far as material awareness, technical and handcrafted filigree work and aesthetic refinement are concerned, this film is unrivaled in this country. Like the green plant in the desert: a miracle! "
In the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Peter Buchka emphasized , “ How confidently the sadness about an old childhood dream is presented here, how precisely the analysis of the local cinema situation, how funny and astute the mixture of reality and (film) mythology, of depressing everyday life and uncompromising dream is presented is. "
Awards
In 1977 the film took part in the competition at the Berlin International Film Festival as a German contribution .
literature
- Robert Fischer, Joe Hembus: The New German Film: 1960–1980. Original edition, 2nd edition Goldmann, Munich 1982 (Citadel-Filmbücher) (Goldmann Magnum; 10211), ISBN 3-442-10211-1
Web links
- The expulsion from paradise in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The expulsion from paradise at filmportal.de
- VISUALFilm - Review: Cinema of a thousand tricks
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Expulsion from Paradise in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ quoted from Fischer / Hembus
- ↑ quoted from Fischer / Hembus