Fellini's Ship of Dreams
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fellini's Ship of Dreams |
| Original title | E la nave va |
| Country of production | Italy , France |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 128 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Federico Fellini |
| script | Federico Fellini Tonino Guerra Andrea Zanzotto (poetry) |
| production |
Franco Cristaldi Renzo Rossellini Daniel Toscan du Plantier |
| music | Gianfranco Plenizio |
| camera | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| cut | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| occupation | |
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Fellini's Ship of Dreams (Original title: E la nave va ) is a 1983 film by the Italian director Federico Fellini .
action
The film is set in July 1914, after the assassination attempt in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 and thus shortly before the start of the First World War . A fine tour company sets sail on the ocean liner Gloria N. Also on board is Mr. Orlando, an Italian journalist who guides through the plot of the film and reports that the voyage is a burial at sea: the ashes of Edmea Tetua are to be scattered into the sea off the island of Erimo . Edmea was born there on the island and was the greatest opera diva of all time. The illustrious society consists of famous opera singers, the opera directors of Milan and Rome, conductors, bizarre admirers and bizarre opera appassionati from all over the world - as well as a strange noble company of a "Granduca di Herzog", a blind principessa (his sister, played von Pina Bausch ), a prime minister, a field marshal and a Rasputin-like police chief - all representatives of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
One night Serbian citizens who wanted to flee to Italy in small boats are taken in. However, they are considered a security risk and are housed separately from the tour company. When an Austro-Hungarian warship shows up the next day , demands are made for the surrender of the Serbian refugees. The Serbs are abandoned in boats and row towards the warship. An unexpected incident occurs that will lead to the sinking of the ocean liner Gloria N. The Italian journalist reports a happy ending: most of the people were saved.
interpretation
One can assume that the burial at sea, during which the white ashes of the diva assoluta Edmea are blown by the morning sea breeze, symbolizes the downfall of old European society during the First World War . The chain reaction between the passenger steamer and the gunboat represents the outbreak of the First World War on a small scale. The film contains large, unforgettable sequences from film history: The blind princess who associates the tones of the Danube waltz with colors, the glass music in the ship's galley, the Russian singer who puts a chicken into a trance with his bass, the competition of opera singers in the boiler room.
Reviews
"Fellini's musically opulent, visually grotesque vision satirizes complacency and a disguised sense of reality with multiple, parable self-irony." ( Filmdienst )
Adaptations
- The ship of dreams (E la nave va) , play at the Dresden State Theater . Translated from the Italian by Trude Fein, Renate Heimbucher-Bengs and Beatrice Schlag. Director: Jan Gehler . Premiere on March 19, 2016.
Web links
- And the Ship Sails in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fellini's Ship of Dreams in the online film database
- E la nava va, 1983 , soundtrack
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fellini's Ship of Dreams. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .