It started with a kiss
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | It started with a kiss |
| Original title | The big lift |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 119 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Seaton |
| script | George Seaton |
| production | William Perlberg |
| music | Alfred Newman |
| camera | Charles G. Clarke |
| cut | William H. Reynolds |
| occupation | |
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It started with a kiss (original title: The Big Lift ; alternative title: Die viergeteilte Stadt ) is a semi-documentary film made in 1949 by George Seaton at the time of the Berlin Airlift . It was premiered on April 26, 1950 in the USA. The leading roles are starring Montgomery Clift and Cornell Borchers .
action
Sgt. Danny MacCulluogh and Sgt. Hank Kowalski come to Berlin with their squadron in 1949 to support their comrades in maintaining the airlift. At the airport, MacCulluogh met the German rubble woman, Friederike Burkhardt, at an official ceremony at which - staged for the press - Berliners symbolically show their gratitude to the American airlift crews . Danny can take time off and spends an eventful day with the young woman in destroyed Berlin, gets to know her living conditions and falls in love with her.
His comrade Hank Kowalski, who has a German lover named Gerda, is skeptical of the relationship. He had bad experiences with the Germans while in German captivity and considers the entire population to be guilty of the country's misery. He treats his own girlfriend accordingly badly, while Danny is very open and friendly towards the Germans.
Danny intends to marry Friederike without knowing that she is only using him to come to her lover in the United States. Shortly before the wedding, however, this double game is revealed.
Production notes
The film was produced by Centfox. It began with a kiss in the Federal Republic of Germany first came into cinemas on April 24, 1953. On May 7, 1989, ARD broadcast the film in the original English language with German subtitles.
criticism
"Berlin's time and local color make the superficial, pathetic film, shot based on a factual report, worth seeing."
Cinema spoke of a "kitschy love monzette against the backdrop of the Berlin Airlift ... no high-flyer".
Award
The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1951 for promoting international understanding .
Web links
- It started with a kiss on the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ It started with a kiss. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ It started with a kiss at cinema.de (with 5 pictures of the film). Retrieved August 11, 2016.