A double life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A double life alternative title: Murder in ecstasy |
| Original title | A double life |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Cukor |
| script |
Ruth Gordon Garson Kanin |
| production | Michael Kanin |
| music | Miklós Rózsa |
| camera | Milton R. Krasner |
| cut | Robert Parrish |
| occupation | |
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A double life (alternative title: Murder in Ecstasy ) is an American drama from 1947 .
action
Anthony John is a Broadway theater star . He is extroverted and has a rampant temper. His off-stage emotional outbursts are notorious. He confuses art with life. So he is an extremely amiable man as long as he occupies this subject on stage. However, if he plays a villain, living with him becomes unbearable. His wife Brita must also find out about this. Like him, she is a successful theater actress and separates from her husband. But the theater brings them together again. They are supposed to play Othello on Broadway together . The production is a huge success. However, the role of Othello overwhelmed Anthony for his private life. The killer out of jealousy on stage becomes the killer in life. In a frenzy, he murders his temporary lover, Pat, whom he believes he recognizes as Desdemona , but cannot remember anything later. The murder case gives the theater's press agent, Bill Friend, the opportunity to get the drum started again for the already successful production. The grieving Anthony is angry about it and attacks Bill Friend. However, Anthony must also realize that he has led a double life his entire life , and worse, that he himself is Pat Kroll's killer.
Reviews
"Brilliantly photographed, gripping detective melodrama with psychological refinement, which gains persuasiveness through the outstanding leading actor and which condenses into an impressive study of a man who gets lost in the labyrinth of appearance and reality."
Awards
Leading actor Ronald Colman received the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar in 1948 . Another Oscar went to Miklós Rózsa for his film music. There were further nominations for the author couple Gordon / Kanin and director George Cukor.
Web links
- A double life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A double life. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 3, 2017 .