The last metro
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The last metro |
| Original title | Le Dernier Métro |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 131 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | François Truffaut |
| script | François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman , Jean-Claude Grumberg |
| production | François Truffaut |
| music | Georges Delerue |
| camera | Néstor Almendros |
| cut | Martine Barraqué |
| occupation | |
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The last Metro (Original title: Le Dernier Métro ) is a French drama film directed by François Truffaut from 1980 with Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu in the leading roles.
action
During the German occupation of Paris, a new play is being rehearsed in the “Montmartre” theater. Since the director Lucas Steiner, a German Jew , has to hide in the cellar, his wife Marion tries to master the dangers of the political situation and human complications and to continue the theater. Bernard Granger, a womanizer and well-known actor, will play the second leading role alongside Marion in Lucas Steiner's new play. He is also a member of the Resistance , which wants to harm the Germans through targeted attacks.
Lucas Steiner can no longer take part in social life because he remains in the basement of the theater. On the radio and in the newspapers, he overhears how French anti-Semites are agitating against the influence of Jews on French culture. His only connection to the outside world is his wife Marion and a small ventilation shaft through which he follows what is happening on stage. His daily routine now consists exclusively of evaluating the theater rehearsals he has heard, discussing them with Marion and correcting them if necessary. This causes the relationship to falter. Lucas notices that the love scene played by Marion and Bernard is not authentic enough. He asks Marion to play her with more vigor , indirectly promoting the developing love between Bernard and Marion. When the Gestapo searches the basement, Bernard helps Lucas hide.
In the end, Lucas manages to survive the war and thus the madness in the basement; he spent part of his life there full of uncertainty. Marion confesses her love to Bernard and wants to start over with him, but he rejects her. He tells her that he never felt anything for her. Finally, Bernard, Lucas and Marion stand hand in hand on the stage of the theater during the final applause.
Remarks
The title The Last Metro refers to the curfew during the occupation, which forces the French to have their work done by the last moving metro at the latest in order not to violate the curfew.
Reviews
"In a subtle balance between the cheerful and the tragic, game and reality intertwine and thus reflect the relationship between politics and culture," said the International Film Dictionary . The evangelical film observer judged: "With his inimitable, sensitive-ironic touch, Truffaut merges elements from classic theater films into a new, cheerful and contemplative unit." Film echo spoke of a "true kaleidoscope of observations, descriptions of time, and milieu drawings; full of liveliness: interesting, surprising, truthful ”.
Awards and nominations
Won:
- Best Film (François Truffaut)
- Best Director (François Truffaut)
- Best Actor (Gérard Depardieu)
- Best Actress (Catherine Deneuve)
- Best Screenplay (François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman)
- Best Cinematography (Néstor Almendros)
- Best Editing (Martine Barraqué)
- Best Score (Georges Delerue)
- Best Production Design (Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko)
- Best tone (Michel Laurent)
Nominated:
- Best Supporting Actor (Heinz Bennent)
- Best Supporting Actress (Andréa Ferréol)
Further
- 1981: Oscar nomination for best foreign language film
- 1981: Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film
- 1981: David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress (Catherine Deneuve)
- 1981: Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- 1981: Nomination for the Silver Ribbon of the Nastro d'Argento for the best foreign language director (François Truffaut)
- 1981: National Board of Review - Top Foreign Films
- 1981: Nomination of the New York Film Critics Circle for the best foreign language film (3rd place)
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Marion Steiner | Catherine Deneuve | Renate Küster |
| Bernard Granger | Gérard Depardieu | Gerd Böckmann |
| Jean-Loup Cottins | Jean Poiret | Holger Hagen |
| Arlette Guillaume | Andréa Ferréol | Emely Reuer |
| Nadine Marsac | Sabine Haudepin | Uschi Wolff |
| Daxiat | Jean-Louis Richard | Wolfgang Hess |
literature
- Robert Ingram: François Truffaut. Film writer 1932-1984; all films . Taschen-Verlag, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-8228-3208-0 .
- L'Avant-Scène Cinéma , No. 303–304, March 1983: Le dernier métro - Découpage intégral (description of scenes, dialogues, numerous photos).
- Willi Winkler : The Films by François Truffaut . Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-86080-2 (Heyne Film and TV Library, 80).
Web links
- The Last Metro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the TV channel Arte
- The last metro in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ The last metro. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 5, 2017 .
- ↑ The last metro. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on August 1, 2018 .