The tattooed rose (film)

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Movie
German title The tattooed rose
Original title The Rose Tattoo
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1955
length 117 minutes
Rod
Director Daniel Mann
script Hal Kanter ,
Tennessee Williams
production Hal B. Wallis
music Alex North
camera James Wong Howe
cut Warren Low
occupation
synchronization

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

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
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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The tattooed rose. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 6, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ See synchrondatenbank.de