The Wilby Conspiracy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Wilby Conspiracy |
| Original title | The Wilby Conspiracy |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1975 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Ralph Nelson |
| script | Rod Amateau Harold Nebenzal |
| production | Martin Baum Helmut Dantine Paul M. Heller Stanley Sopel |
| music | Stanley Myers |
| camera | John Coquillon |
| cut | Ernest Walter |
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The Wilby Conspiracy (original title: The Wilby Conspiracy ) is a literary film adaptation directed by Ralph Nelson based on the novel of the same name by Peter Driscoll. Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier play the leading roles .
action
South Africa during the apartheid era : In Cape Town, political prisoner Shack Twala is released after a ten-year prison sentence, apparently at the instigation of his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk. A few moments after his release, the police tried to arrest Shack again. Shack and Rina escape with the help of a British engineer friend, Jim Keogh. Shack and Jim must now flee South Africa, but Jim insists on taking the route via Johannesburg, 900 miles away.
The two fugitives are being followed by Major Horn, a state security officer . Horn kills a white man who helped the two and continues to follow the trail of the fugitives. Jim learns that Shack is the vice-chairman of the civil rights organization Black Congress, which campaigns for the abolition of apartheid. They finally arrive in Johannesburg , and Shack visits the dentist Mukarjee, to whom he had entrusted a large quantity of rough diamonds for safekeeping before his imprisonment. He takes the diamonds back because he needs them to finance the activities of "Black Congress".
As agreed, Shack and Jim meet up with Rina again in Johannesburg. She forces her husband Blane, who is separated from her, to fly all over the border to Botswana. You arrive safely and are welcomed by Wilby, chairman of Black Congress. But Horn also arrives, determined to take Wilby with him to South Africa to try him there. Horn reveals to Jim and Shack that the release from prison was only fake and that he gave them both to escape so they can lead him to Wilby. However, members of "Black Congress" can thwart Horn's plan and kill his men. Realizing that Horn won't stop chasing them, Jim realizes that he can no longer be impartial himself and kills Horn. It turns out that the diamonds are fakes.
Reviews
"Harsh indictment of South African racial politics in the guise of an adventure film."
"At the beginning of the film, when the causes of the escape and persecution are portrayed that make up most of the plot, it seems that The Wilby Conspiracy will take itself seriously and could become one of the first American films to be clearly opposed positioned apartheid. He actually takes himself seriously, where the plot calls for it, but never too pregnant with meaning, because The Wilby Conspiracy is ultimately a good conventional chase in a new guise and a departure from the usual racial clichés. The best thing about this film, which was shot mostly in Kenya, is the performance of its actors, cool and confident, in the style of TV stars who love to play in front of a loyal fan base. "
“ The Wilby Conspiracy is a good action-packed melodrama about apartheid in South Africa. The film was shot in Kenya. The actors Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine are tirelessly pursued by Nicol Williamson, who is great in the role of the cold, persistent and brutal cop. "
Remarks
- Filming on location in Nairobi and the surrounding area lasted seven weeks before the film crew shot more scenes at Pinewood Studios in England .
- The day of the first performance in the FRG was February 13, 1975.
- For Rutger Hauer was The Wilby Conspiracy his first English-language role.
- In 1997, Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier were also in the TV movie Mandela and de Klerk - the turn of the century together in front of the camera. This film also takes up the race problem in South Africa.
- In contrast to the book, the German film title was not spelled with a hyphen by the distributor .
Web links
- The Wilby Conspiracy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Movie poster
- The Wilby Conspiracy - Photos
Individual evidence
- ↑ See David Bishop: Starring Michael Caine. London 2003, ISBN 1-903111-57-9 , pp. 222-224
- ^ Catholic Institute for Media Information (KIM) and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (ed.): Lexicon of international films. The complete range in cinema, television and on video. Volume VZ, Rowohlt, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-16357-8 , p. 6473
- ↑ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9800EEDE1538EF34BC4C53DFBF66838E669EDE (last accessed November 12, 2010)
- ↑ http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117796377.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (last accessed: November 12, 2010)
- ↑ Bishop 2003, p. 224
- ^ Lexicon of International Films. Volume VZ, Hamburg 1995, p. 6473
- ↑ Bishop 2003, p. 224
- ↑ Matthew Field: Michael Caine. You're a Big Man, London 2003, ISBN 0-7134-8876-X , p. 151
- ↑ https://www.tele-movie-shop.de/product_info.php?info=p27640_die-wilby-verschwoerung--blau-.html
