Mrs. Warren's trade
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mrs. Warren's trade |
| Country of production | Germany , Switzerland |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ákos of Ráthonyi |
| script |
Eberhard Keindorff Johanna Sibelius edited by Anatole de Grunwald , based on the novel Mrs Warren's Profession (1894) by George Bernard Shaw |
| production | Walter Koppel |
| music | Siegfried Franz |
| camera | Albert Benitz |
| cut | Alice Ludwig-Rasch |
| occupation | |
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Mrs. Warrens Gewerbe is a 1959, German-Swiss feature film based on a play by George Bernard Shaw . Directed by Ákos von Ráthonyi , Lilli Palmer and OE Hasse play the leading roles.
action
The story takes place in upper social circles in England at the end of the 19th century. Mrs. Warren's business is the oldest in the world, and with it she amassed a handsome fortune. Their “hotels”, viewed by many as morally dubious, if not to say disreputable, have become meeting places between light women and men with heavy weight in every respect, of the business, political and public spheres. Now the wealthy woman, who once went for a job as a whore in the slums of London and had an extremely difficult relationship with her mother (who, as we learn from flashbacks, beat her), has bought a magnificent country estate in addition to her property. After a long separation, Mrs. Warren, who is accompanied by her business partner Sir George Crofts, would like to see her daughter Vivie again. The young lady, who was brought up in the finest boarding schools thanks to Mrs. Warren's income, works as an interior decorator and is supposed to set up the new acquisitions. At her side is the venerable architect Pread.
There was a long radio silence between Mrs. Warren and her daughter because of many disagreements. So Mrs. Warren stubbornly refuses to give the good Vivie information about who her father is. The two of them hardly see each other again when an argument breaks out on the first night. When Vivie, after talking to her mother's partner, Mr. Crofts, learns what her mother used to build wealth, she is deeply shocked. Now the bond between the two seems to be finally broken, especially since the father of their great love, Frank Gardner, objects to his son's marriage to Vivie due to Mrs. Warren's business. Gardner seems to be an air guy who doesn't know exactly what he wants, since he tries to kiss the mother of his loved one stormily. Ms. Warren, in turn, is upset with her partner Crofts for talking to Vivie about making a living and throws him out of her house. Finally there is a scandal between mother and daughter. Disgusted, Vivie leaves her mother's environment behind her forever.
Production notes
Ms. Warren's trade was created in October / November 1959 in the Hamburg studio and was premiered on January 12, 1960 in Hanover. The film, a classic piece of dialogue penned by Shaw, is considered the best-known and most important directorial work of Áko von Ráthonyi.
Koppel partner Gyula Trebitsch took over the production management, Heinz-Günther Sass took over the production management. The buildings come from Herbert Kirchhoff and Albrecht Becker , the costumes were designed by Paul Seltenhammer and Gudrun Hildebrandt. The sound engineering was in the hands of Werner Schlagge .
Reviews
"In a German-federal joint effort ... a" film for mature people "was created after the Shaw play of the same name - according to the propaganda label. It is about the flourishing public houses of Ms. Kitty Warren, whose unambiguous social position prevents her daughter (Johanna Matz) from penetrating high society. The germ-free game management Akos von Rathonys spared the voluntary self-regulation any conflicts and enriched the German cinema schedule with an elegant Lilli Palmer film. The aristocratic brothel entrepreneur Sir George Crofts, played by OE Hasse, is more reminiscent of Shaw than the main actress - the stage-tested Shaw mime ("The Emperor of America", "Beloved Liar") used his role for a pointed brothel explanatory improvisation. ““
“A messy story, but a clean film, in every sense also a costume film, which adds the valued folds of a great epoch of wrapping to the piquant theme. (…) After the script by Keindorff and Sibelius and preparatory work by de Grundwald, the director Akos von Rathony has found a film version that makes a great effort within the conventional framework and which will give many cinema fans the satisfaction of upscale entertainment. There are a few more scenes, for example a brilliant comedic solo by OE Hass, which in this respect allows pleasure in the Croft character, which he has drawn far too jovially. Lilli Palmer, this sensitive and sympathetic actress, tries almost in vain to add something like vulgar harshness to her wife Warren in order to make her role credible. (...) Johanna Matz's daughter Vivie: clean but pale. The highly talented Helmut Lohner is very different from Frank Gardner, a young actor on whom one can put hope. "
In the lexicon of the international film it says: "In the main roles intensely played film adaptation of GB Shaw's citizen shock drama, which caused a scandal at the first performance in 1893, but now seems rather dusty."
Individual evidence
- ^ Mrs. Warren's trade. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 8, 2015 .
Web links
- Ms. Warren's business at filmportal.de
- Mrs. Warren's Profession in the Internet Movie Database (English)