Zebra ice station
| Movie | |
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| German title | Zebra ice station |
| Original title | Ice Station Zebra |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 148 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | John Sturges |
| script | Douglas Heyes |
| production | Martin Ransohoff / MGM |
| music | Michel Legrand |
| camera | Daniel L. Fapp |
| cut | Ferris Webster |
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Eisstation Zebra (Original title: Ice Station Zebra ) is the American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean from 1963.
action
After a Soviet spy satellite crashed unplanned at the North Pole with secret footage in the middle of the Cold War , both superpowers set out to get possession of the film, because due to a control error of the satellite, the missile bases not only of the American, but also also photographed the Soviet side.
James Ferraday, commander of the US nuclear submarine USS Tigerfish (SSN-509) stationed in Holy Loch , Scotland , is ordered, without further explanation, from the highest authority to put a platoon of marines and British secret agent David Jones from MI6 on one Route under the eternal ice of the North Pole to the Zebra Research Station. The official objective of the mission is to rush to the aid of the men on the station, who are constantly sending SOS signals , since help by plane is not possible due to the bad weather situation. But it is actually about the crashed satellite that fell near the station. The reason for Jones' presence is that this capsule contains British technology stolen by the Soviets.
Go be a SH-2 helicopter , two other passengers brought aboard the submarine: the defecting Russian Boris Vaslov, who now works as an agent for the West and Jones' confidence enjoys, and the American Captain Leslie Anders, who train the Soldiers should command and Vaslov met with suspicion. An exciting guesswork begins as to who is a friend and who is an enemy, because the nuclear submarine is sabotaged and the like. a. on a torpedo tube near a sinking under the Arctic ice.
Finally the submarine reaches its destination, the Zebra ice station, and in addition to supplying the survivors of the station destroyed by fire, a desperate search for the crashed satellite begins, because both superpowers had agents in Zebra who were supposed to get hold of the film .
When the weather is clear, the first Soviet MiG-21 fighter planes and then airborne troops under the command of Colonel Ostrovsky arrive at the scene, and the showdown ensues, which ultimately leads to the capsule being destroyed so that no one can gain possession of the film .
Film and book template
The plot of the film differs considerably from the novel. There are no Soviet troops in this. Rather, saboteurs aboard the submarine are trying to set it on fire on the way back to give the Soviets a chance to get them out. The “passenger” investigates the two saboteurs and uses a clever trick to prevent them from passing the satellite recordings to the Soviet Union.
Other differences to the novel:
- The submarine was named Tigerfish instead of Dolphin.
- British agent Dr. Carpenter is referred to as David Jones in the film and the commander of the nuclear submarine is referred to as Commander Ferraday instead of Commander Swanson.
Awards
The movie Eisstation Zebra was nominated for the Best Camera and Visual Effects categories at the 1969 Academy Awards.
Reviews
The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the production the title valuable .
“(...) the bizarre agent story impresses with its technical sophistication. (Rating: 2½ stars = above average) "
"Skilfully staged, exciting adventure film."
“For the cold war of the spies from East and West, even an American nuclear submarine and Russian paratroopers are deployed in this perfectly made Hollywood monumentality. Unfortunately, in some games, the lavish spectacle falls back into, albeit subdued, nationalistic clichés. Possibly from 18. "
Others
- The film was not shot on location, but in the MGM studios in Hollywood, with tons of artificial snow.
- The only woman in the film appears for a few seconds in the background of the Scottish pub as a waitress where Captain Ferraday is having his drink when he gets the call from Admiral Garvey.
- Patrick McGoohan used a several month break in production from his television series number 6 to take on his first Hollywood role in this film. When the filming of number 6 was resumed during his absence, a plot about a personality transfer was created for the episode "2: 2 = 2" ("Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling"), in which McGoohan only shortly before the end in a scene made after his return from the USA appeared.
- The submarine, in the film USS TigerFish (SSN-509) called, was during the shooting in the event of underwater shooting by the conventional submarine USS Ronquil (SS-396) of and in underwater rides through a model of a submarine skate class represented .
- The billionaire and film producer Howard Hughes is said to have watched the film over 100 times (according to some sources even over 150 times) in his private cinema after its release in 1968 and is generally referred to as the biggest fan of the film.
literature
- Alistair MacLean: Zebra Ice Station. Novel (original title: Ice Station Zebra ). German by Paul Baudisch . 32nd edition. Heyne, Munich 1995, 255 pages, ISBN 3-453-00101-X
Web links
- Ice station Zebra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film review at Alistairmaclean.de
- Comparison of the TV and DVD versions of Eisstation Zebra at Schnittberichte.com
- Sound carrier with the film music
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Fairclough: The Prisoner. The Official Companion To The Series; A Carlton Book 2002
- ^ "Ice Station Zebra" in New DVDs by Dave Kehr , The New York Times, January 11, 2005, accessed November 8, 2013
- ↑ TYCOONS: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes in Time , December 13, 1976
- ↑ eyewitness report by Roger Tolces , accessed on November 8, 2013