The Blue Lagoon (1949)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The blue lagoon |
| Original title | The Blue Lagoon |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frank Launder |
| script |
John Baines Michael Hogan Frank Launder |
| production |
Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
| music | Clifton Parker |
| camera | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| cut | Thelma Connell |
| occupation | |
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The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British romantic adventure film directed by Frank Launder and based on the novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole , published in 1908.
action
Emmeline Foster and Michael Reynolds are British children living in the Victorian era. During a ship passage they are shipwrecked in the South Pacific. You are stranded on a tropical island and meet the friendly old sailor Paddy Button. Paddy raises the two children, but soon dies after a drinking bout. Emmeline and Michael, both now teenagers, are left alone on the island. The island provides both food and water to survive.
Years later, Emmeline and Michael have grown into handsome young adults. Their relationship with one another, which was fraternal at first, changes into love and passion. Emmeline becomes pregnant and gives birth to a boy. In their isolation they live together as a small family.
When the island is ravaged by two villainous traders, Michael is forced to dive for pearls. Emmeline remembers that there is a world beyond the vastness of the ocean. Fearing for her child, she tries to get Michael to flee the island with her and the boy. Michael can finally be convinced. The three of them can escape from the island in a small boat. When they get into a lull and the boat can no longer go, they plan to surrender to their fate. But a British ship can take the three.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the film as "beautifully illustrated, but psychologically and dramatically weak film".
background
The premiere took place on March 1, 1949 in London. The film was first shown in Germany on August 19, 1950.
The film was set in Viti Levu , the main island of the Fiji group.
One of the cameramen under Geoffrey Unsworth was Arthur Ibbetson .
Stacpoole's novel was made into a film as early as 1923. Directed by W. Bowden and Richard Cruickshanks, Molly Adair and Val Chard starred.
The 1980 remake, starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins , adhered more closely to the novel and also featured nudity and sexual content. Another film adaptation of the literary original was made with Blue Lagoon: Lifeless In Love (2012).
Web links
- The Blue Lagoon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The blue lagoon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .