Fanny (1961)

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Movie
German title Fanny
Original title Fanny
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1961
length 133 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Joshua Logan
script Julius J. Epstein
music Harold Rome
Morris Stoloff
Harry Sukman
camera Jack Cardiff
cut William H. Reynolds
occupation

Fanny is an American film drama from 1961. The screenplay is based on a novel trilogy by Marcel Pagnol and the musical of the same name by Harold Rome.

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Honorine is a poor fishmonger who lives in Marseille in the 1930s. Her daughter Fanny loves Marius, the son of the pub César. It is Marius' wish to go to sea. He's secretly signed on to a schooner that goes to the Leeward Islands . On the eve of his departure, he and Fanny spend the night together. The next morning Marius is no longer sure of his cause and wants to stay with Fanny. But she suspects that he will not be happy on land and sends him off to get to the ship.

A few weeks later, Fanny finds out that she is pregnant. She turns to Panisse, the elderly widowed sailor who is quite wealthy. Panisse is happy to have a wife who will give birth to a son who can go on with his business. After a year, Marius returns, disappointed with his goal. In Marseille he tries to get custody of his son Cesario. Fanny and César explain to him that the boy belongs to Panisse, who is like a real father to him. Marius leaves Marseille again. This time he works as a workshop mechanic in a nearby town.

After years, little Cesario developed the same love for the sea as his biological father. On his ninth birthday, a friend of Marius takes him to see his father. Fanny drives behind and explains to Marius that Panisse is dying. On his deathbed, Panisse dictates a letter to César in which he asks Marius whether he wants to marry Fanny.

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The lexicon of international films describes the film as "a somewhat superficial American version with excellent actors."

Bosley Crowther of the New York Times writes that Joshua Logan made the play a heartwarming and delightful film.

The Variety describes the film as a skillful adaptation. The work of the cameraman Cardiff in particular is enormous.

The "TimeOut Filmguide", however, describes the film as strange. The composition of Harold Romes is unashamedly cut. Pagnol's trilogy has been crudely degraded to a romance. Both are terrible and stupid. Only Cardiff's camera work stands out.

Awards

The film was nominated for several film awards, but won none of them. He was nominated for an Oscar in the categories of Best Film , Best Actor (Charles Boyer), Best Color Camera (Jack Cardiff), Best Editing (William Reynolds) and Best Film Music (Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman).

He received nominations for the Golden Globe in the categories of best film (drama) , best leading actor (drama) (Maurice Chevalier), best leading actress (drama) (Leslie Caron) and best film music (Harold Rome).

At the presentation of the Laurel Award , Jack Cardiff came 3rd for his camera work, the film itself came 4th and Leslie Caron and Charles Boyer each came 5th as the main actors.

Other nominations were for Eddie , the award from the American Cinema Editors , The DGA Award of the Directors Guild of America and the WGA Award of the Writers Guild of America .

Note: The differences between the Oscar and Golden Globe nominations (leading actor and film music) can be explained by the fact that Maurice Chevalier was considered the leading actor at the Golden Globe awards ceremony because his friend Charles Boyer had taken a three-year hiatus while Chevalier and Caron were very well known for the cinematic success Gigi . Harold Rome was nominated for the songs he wrote for the musical, while at the Academy Awards Morris Stoloff was nominated for orchestral director and Harry Sukman for musical adaptation.

background

The geographic center of the story is the Bar de la Marine and the square in front of it at the Old Port of Marseille. The imaginary bar was located on the north side of the Old Port (at Quai du Port ), close to the Quartier du Panier situated Place de Lenche while on the opposite side of the Old Port (point 15 on the Quai de Rive Neuve actually) today there is a bar of the same name. This in turn was one of the original locations in the 2003 film Actually… Love .

The film premiered on June 28, 1961. In Germany, it was released on December 15 of the same year.

The film was shot at original venues in Marseille and Cassis . The film grossed approximately $ 4.5 million.

Difficulties arose because of the age of the protagonists. Marius is 19 years old in the film, Fanny is 17 years old. The actors Horst Buchholz, on the other hand, 28, Leslie Caron even 30.

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Bibliography

  • Marcel Pagnol: Marius. (= Fortunio. No. 7). Edition de Fallois, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-87706-513-8 . (French)
  • Marcel Pagnol: Fanny. (= Fortunio. No. 8). Edition de Fallois, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-87706-514-6 . (French)
  • Marcel Pagnol: Cesar. (= Fortunio. No. 9). Edition de Fallois, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-87706-515-4 . (French)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b rottentomatoes.com at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on March 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Fanny in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Fanny. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ^ Film review in the New York Times
  5. ↑ Film review in Variety  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
  6. ↑ Time Out Magazine
  7. ↑ Marvelous Provence: Bar de la Marine (English; accessed on August 8, 2017)
  8. ^ Turner Classic Movies