The tattooed rose (film)
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German title | The tattooed rose |
Original title | The Rose Tattoo |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1955 |
length | 117 minutes |
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Director | Daniel Mann |
script |
Hal Kanter , Tennessee Williams |
production | Hal B. Wallis |
music | Alex North |
camera | James Wong Howe |
cut | Warren Low |
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The tattooed rose (original title: The Rose Tattoo ) is an American film drama directed by Daniel Mann from 1955. It was based on a play by Tennessee Williams , which was a global success in the 1950s.
action
Born in Sicily, Serafina Delle Rose is a seamstress and lives with her husband and daughter in an Italian-American community near New Orleans . Her husband Rosario, whom she absolutely loves, is a truck driver by profession and occasionally uses his night trips to transport illegal items. After deciding to get out of this business, he is killed in a police operation during his last illegal ride. The desperate Serafina then loses her unborn child. In mourning, she has Rosario's corpse cremated, contrary to all conventions, and keeps the ashes in her house.
Several years later, Serafina's now 18-year-old daughter Rosa met the young sailor Jack Hunter at a dance event. She falls in love with Jack and introduces him to her mother. Serafina, who discovered Rosario's affair with the blonde blackjack dealer Estelle, remains the young couple's happiness hidden. She accuses Jack of only being interested in ripping Rosa off her innocence. He swears, however, to respect Rosa.
A few hours later, Serafina meets Alvaro. Also a truck driver from Sicily, the young, naive man wears the same rose tattoo on his chest as Rosario once did. However, he is acquainted with Estelle, whereupon she accompanies Alvaro to the former rival. There she is confronted with Estelle's admission that she loved Rosario too. She also wears a tattooed rose on her chest. Serafina returns home shocked and smashes the urn with the ashes of her deceased husband. She makes a secret date with Alvaro, and he spends the night with her drunk. The next morning he frightens the sleeping Rosa, but the misunderstanding can be cleared up. Serafina gives Rosa and Jack her blessing. At the same time, Alvaro confesses his love to her and she invites him to her house.
background
The role of Serafina was Anna Magnani’s first ever Hollywood appearance .
In 1951 Williams wrote the Broadway play for Magnani. But Magnani's knowledge of English was insufficient. Afterwards Maureen Stapleton played the role of Serafina on stage.
The scenes in the small town on the Mississippi River were filmed on the Florida island of Key West .
Screenwriter Williams and producer Wallis allowed each other guest appearances at the scene at the Mardi Gras Club. Williams is sitting at the bar in a striped shirt, Wallis is sitting next to him. A piquant detail: the man in the white shirt behind Virginia Gray as Estelle Hohengarten is Williams' partner Frank Merlo.
Reviews
The film-dienst saw in Mann's film above all "a platform for Anna Magnani, who unfolds her passionate expressiveness in a virtuoso manner" and "merges the amusing bluntness of her character with the inner confusion of an unlit consciousness". In addition, the tattooed rose is “carried with understanding earnestness” with regard to the religious contexts and forms of expression.
Awards
- 1955: National Board of Review Award and New York Film Critics Circle Award for Magnani for Best Actress, respectively
- 1956: Oscars in the categories Best Actress (Magnani) and Best Production Design (black and white) , Best Cinematography (black and white) ; five more nominations
- 1956: Golden Globes in the categories Best Actress - Drama (Magnani) and Best Supporting Actress (Pavan)
- 1957: British Film Academy Award for Best Foreign Actress (Magnani)
German version
The German dubbed version was created by Berliner Synchron GmbH under the dubbing direction and based on the dialogue book by Volker Becker.
role | actor | Voice actor |
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Serafina Delle Rose | Anna Magnani | Eva Eras |
Alvaro Mangiacavallo | Burt Lancaster | Horst Niendorf |
Rosa dent rose | Marisa Pavan | Marion Degler |
Jack Hunter | Ben Cooper | Horst Buchholz |
Estelle Hohengarten | Virginia Gray | Tilly Lauenstein |
Web links
- The Rose Tattoo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Rose Tattoo at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The tattooed rose. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 6, 2017 .
- ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de