End of the line longing (1951)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | End of the line longing |
| Original title | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Elia Kazan |
| script |
Oscar Saul , Tennessee Williams |
| production | Charles K. Feldman |
| music | Alex North |
| camera | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| cut | David Weisbart |
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Endstation Sehnsucht (original title: A Streetcar Named Desire , dt. A streetcar named Sehnsucht ) is a feature film by director Elia Kazan from 1951. The film is based on the drama of the same name by Tennessee Williams .
action
The film begins with the arrival of the Southern Belle Blanche DuBois at the New Orleans train station . The cultivated, but fragile-looking teacher wants to visit her pregnant sister Stella and uses the eponymous tram line Sehnsucht for the onward journey from the main train station . Blanche is appalled by the limited space under which Stella and her well-built husband Stanley Kowalski live in a working-class neighborhood; especially since Blanche and her sister actually come from a well-established and respected family. The tone between Blanche and Stanley quickly intensified when it turned out that the family estate Belle Rêve (“Beautiful Dream”) had to be sold because the creditors could no longer be paid. With expensive clothes, Blanche tries to maintain a facade and a world of appearance around herself, but only brings the down-to-earth Stanley against her.
During a round of poker, Blanche meets Stanley's work colleague Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, who quickly feels great sympathy for Blanche. The situation escalates when Stanley throws Stella's radio out of the window after a lost round. In the scuffle that follows, the drunken Stanley beats Stella, who then flees to the neighbors above them. Stanley is desperate and yells at Stella that she should come down to him again, which she then does. The next day the relationship normalizes again. During a dance evening together, Blanche first fends off Mitch's advances and then vehemently refuses to reveal her real age. Blanche tells Mitch about her childhood sweetheart, an unstable and sensitive young man named Allan who committed suicide after Blanche accused him of weakness and despised him for it.
At Blanche's birthday party, it comes to a head when Stella learns that Stanley had told Mitch the truth about Blanche's past. Stanley had learned from a representative who is also traveling to Blanche's hometown of Auriol that Blanche had been staying in a third-class hotel called Flamingo for a long time and had met various men there. Because there was a 17-year-old student among those affairs, she had also lost her job as a literature teacher at the local school. The dispute, in which Blanche insulted Stanley with "Polacke" because of his Polish origins, ends with Stella going into labor, whereupon Stanley takes her to the hospital. That evening, Mitch comes by to confront Blanche. He had the agent confirm Stanley's claims. Blanche looks confused and refuses to be viewed by Mitch in bright light. (Quote from Blanche: “I don't want the truth, I want fantasy.”) Screaming, she throws Mitch out of the apartment and takes refuge in daydreams until Stanley comes back from the hospital. Blanche tells Stanley that she received a telegram from an admirer in Texas inviting her to board a yacht in the Caribbean. Stanley quickly recognizes the lie and begins to harass Blanche, he violently destroys her illusions. When she tries to defend herself with the help of a broken bottle, an unequal fight ensues, at the end of which it is suggested that Blanches had been raped by Stanley.
In the next shot, Stella is home with her baby and Stanley is playing poker with Mitch and two other friends. Blanche seems to have lost all reference to reality and tells of her invented Caribbean cruise. Blanche is picked up by two employees of a mental hospital, apparently on Stanley's initiative. Blanche initially defends herself, but when an elderly doctor extends her hand in a noble manner, she drives away peacefully with them (Blanche quote: “Whoever you are, I have always relied on the friendliness of strangers”). Mitch is deeply sad; With her baby in her arms, Stella decides to break up with Stanley.
Differences to the piece
In contrast to the piece, which is only limited to the apartment, this one "opens" in the film to other locations, for example scenes at the pier, in the bowling alley and at Stanley's workstation. Nevertheless, Elia Kazan left most of the scenes in the apartment, especially in the later part of the film, to show the claustrophobic effect of the apartment on Blanche, who felt "locked in".
The film censor Joseph Breen , who monitored compliance with the Hays Code , had further demands: For example, in the Williams play it is clear that Blanche's late husband was homosexual and that Blanche was raped by Stanley at the end of the play. Since homosexuality and rape were forbidden in the Hays Code, they had to be removed: Blanche's rape is only hinted at and instead, Blanche describes her dead husband as very sensitive and inexperienced.
Another change is the end of the film: In the play, Stella doesn't decide to leave Stanley, but seems to stay with him anyway.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in 1951 by Deutsche Mondial Film GmbH under the dubbing direction of Alfred Kirschner.
| role | actor | German Dubbing voice |
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| Blanche DuBois | Vivien Leigh | Marianne Kehlau |
| Stanley Kowalski | Marlon Brando | Peer Schmidt |
| Stella Kowalski | Kim Hunter | Carola Höhn |
| Harold "Mitch" Mitchell | Karl Malden | Max Eckard |
| Pablo Gonzales | Nick Dennis | Heinz Schimmelpfennig |
| Steve Hubbel | Rudy Bond | Wim Schroers |
| Eunice Hubbell | Peg Hillias | Edith Robbers |
reception
Reviews
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The film received mostly positive reviews, earning a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 53 reviews.
"[...] powerful and at the same time subtle melodrama in an unmatched combination of stage and film effects [...] rating: extraordinary"
“Kazan, who already directed the Broadway world premiere of the play by Tennessee Williams, is also directing this (theater-related) version of the film. A dark psychological drama, played very effectively. "
“[...] Elia Kazan's screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play 'Endstation Sehnsucht' has made film history in many ways. It starts with the jazz-inspired soundtrack by Alex North, which marked a turning point in film music composition at the time, and ends with a plot that established a hitherto little known closeness to reality in Hollywood productions. [...] "
Awards
- In 1951 there was an award at the Venice International Film Festival for Vivien Leigh as well as an award and a Golden Lion nomination for Elia Kazan.
- In 1952, the film won four Academy Awards in the categories of Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden), Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter) and Best Production Design (Richard Day, George James Hopkins). There were also nominations in the categories of Best Actor (Marlon Brando), Best Cinematography (Harry Stradling Sr.), Best Costume Design ( Lucinda Ballard ), Best Director (Elia Kazan), Best Score (Alex North), Best Film (Charles K. Feldman), Best Sound (Nathan Levinson), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Tennessee Williams).
- Also in 1952, the film won a Golden Globe in the category of Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter) and nominations in the categories of Best Film - Drama and Best Actress - Drama
- In 1953, two British Film Academy Awards went to the film, namely for Best British Actress (Vivien Leigh) and Best Picture .
- In 1999 the film was entered into the National Film Registry .
media
DVD release:
- End of the line longing. Special Edition 2 DVD set . Warner Home Video 2006
Soundtrack:
- Alex North : A Streetcar Named Desire. Motion Picture Score . Varèse Sarabande / Colosseum, Nuremberg 1995, sound carrier no. VSD-5500 - digital re-recording of the complete film music as well as other pieces not used in the film, including by the National Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jerry Goldsmith in 1995
- Alex North: A Streetcar Named Desire. Symphonic Suite , on: North: A Streetcar Named Desire Max Steiner Suites. Original soundtracks . Cloud Nine Records, London 1992, sound carrier no. CNS 5003 - Excerpts from the original recording of the film music (mono), recorded under the direction of Ray Heindorf
literature
- Stephan Doering: What I want is - magic! - End of the line longing . In: Heidi Möller, Stephan Doering (eds.): Batman and other heavenly creatures - Another 30 film characters and their mental disorders. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-12738-0 , pp. 279-293
- Tennessee Williams : end of the line longing . Drama in three acts (original title: A Streetcar Named Desire ). German from Berthold Viertel . 41st edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, 150 pages, ISBN 3-596-27120-7 .
Web links
- A Streetcar Named Desire at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the end station Sehnsucht . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2006 (PDF; test number: 66 007 DVD).
- ↑ "Endstation Sehnsucht" ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the German synchronous file
- ↑ a b Endstation Sehnsucht at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on February 4, 2015
- ↑ End stop longing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ End station Sehnsucht at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 195
- ↑ End of the line longing. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 10, 2017 .
- ^ [1] Francesco Tornabene on September 7, 2009 for Funkhaus Europa
