Three of them flee
| Movie | |
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| German title | Three of them flee |
| Original title | Mrs. Soffel |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1984 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Gillian Armstrong |
| script | Ron Nyswaner |
| production | Edgar J. Scherick , David Nicksay, and Edward Lewis |
| music | Mark Isham |
| camera | Russell Boyd |
| cut | Nicholas Beauman |
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The Threesome Escape is a1984 feature film by Australian director Gillian Armstrong . The melodrama is based on the true story of brothers Jack and Ed Biddle, who escaped from prison with the help of Mrs. Soffel, the prison director's wife .
The film was shot in Mulmer (Province of Ontario ) as well as in Wisconsin (scene on the train) and Pittsburgh . The film premiered at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985 .
action
The action takes place in 1901. Kate Soffel is the shy wife of the strict and unemotional prison director of the Allegheny County Prisons in Pittsburgh. They have four children together. After months of being bedridden and without the attending physician being able to determine the cause of her suffering, Ms. Soffel suddenly gets back on her feet. To get out of her lethargy, Kate decides to visit inmates and read to them from the Bible. She meets Ed Biddle and his brother Jack, who are sentenced to death for murder. Wrong, as Kate thinks.
She falls head over heels in love with Ed and helps him and his brother break out by smuggling escape tools into jail. Together they flee - with fatal consequences. The public is divided into supporters and enemies of the refugees.
Reviews
“Ambitious drama with Bonnie & Clyde echoes and high show values from the fate of women specialist Gillian Armstrong (Betty and her sisters) . In the story based on a true story, Diane Keaton dares to break out of her petty bourgeois existence under the influence of the charm of Mel Gibson, which is visually underlined by the change from gloomy, dirty Pittsburgh to the gleaming, sunny snowy landscape. Matthew Modine can be seen in a supporting role as Gibson's brother. "
Remarks
Heather Graham made her acting debut in the role as a factory worker. Her name did not appear in the credits.
Awards
Staged by Gillian Armstrong ( Betty and her sisters ) Flucht zu threes (OT: Mrs. Soffel ) was a contribution to the Berlin Film Festival in 1985 and was nominated for the Golden Bear , where Armstrong himself received the nomination.
Leading actress Diane Keaton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award .
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Web links
- Escape to third in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Berlinale: 1985 Programs . In: berlinale.de . Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ^ Escape for three at kino.de.
- ^ Escape for three at moviepilot.de