Paris terminus
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Paris terminus |
| Original title | Back Street |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Miller |
| script |
Eleanore Griffin William Ludwig |
| production | Ross Hunter |
| music | Frank Skinner |
| camera | Stanley Cortez |
| cut | Milton Carruth |
| occupation | |
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End stop Paris (original title Back Street ) is an American film drama directed by David Miller from 1961, the script of which is based on the novel by Fannie Hurst . The leading roles are starring Susan Hayward and John Gavin .
action
After the Second World War, Paul Saxon is discharged from the US Navy. Paul, heir to a retail chain, begins an affair with Rae Smith, a boutique owner in Lincoln, Nebraska. When Rae learns that Paul is married and has two children, she moves to New York and becomes a recognized fashion designer. Paul also comes to New York and looks for Rae there. But Rae doesn't just want to be a married man's mistress.
Years later both meet in Rome. Rae is the partner of the celebrated fashion designer Dalian and has opened a salon. Paul and Rae spend three days together. During this time, Paul explains to her that his alcoholic wife Liz is refusing to get a divorce. After Liz attempts suicide, Paul buys a house for Rae in a suburb of Paris, where both can meet undisturbed. Paul jr. recognizes in Rae the mysterious woman in his father's life who is to blame for his parents' failed marriage. He wants Rae to stay away from his father.
During a fashion show, there is a scandal between Liz and Rae. Paul and Liz drive home together, but the drunk Liz causes an accident and is killed in the process. Paul comes to the hospital seriously injured. Before he dies, he reassures Rae how much he loves her. After the funeral, Rae receives a visit from her lover's two orphaned children, who now share sadness and loneliness with her.
Production, background
The film premiered on October 11, 1961. In Germany, it first appeared in cinemas on January 19, 1962.
Terminus Paris is a remake of the 1932 drama Back Street by John M. Stahl with Irene Dunne and John Boles and the 1942 film Sidestreet by Robert Stevenson with Margaret Sullavan and Charles Boyer .
criticism
The lexicon of the international film found: "Kitschter romance between a rising fashion illustrator and an unhappily married millionaire, where the problems that arise in the plot are solved by the obligatory fatal car accident."
The film magazine Cinema drew the conclusion: "Nice to look at, but without depth."
The New York Times' Bosley Crowther said producer Ross Hunter packed the film full of ostentation and fluffy Parisian elegance. The film is sumptuous and expensive, the fashion experts in the capital (Washington) would fail to see.
Awards
1962 was Jean Louis in category Costume Design (Color) Best for the Oscar nominated.
Web links
- Terminus Paris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paris terminus. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed January 26, 2011 .
- ^ Last stop Paris criticism in the Cinema
- ↑ Bosley Crowther : Back Street Review in the New York Times (English).