Gold (1974)
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| German title | gold |
| Original title | gold |
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| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Peter Hunt |
| script | Stanley Price , Wilbur A. Smith |
| production | Michael Klinger , Tony Klinger |
| music | Elmer Bernstein |
| camera | Ousama Rawi |
| cut | John Glen |
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Gold is a 1974 British adventure film with Roger Moore in the lead role. Wilbur Smith wrote the script (English title: Goldmine ). The film opened in German cinemas on September 6, 1974.
action
Rod Slater is underground operations manager at the Hurry Hirschfield gold mine in South Africa , when suddenly, without official instructions, the general manager Lammer caused a disaster with some dead by a blast. Lammer dies a little later. Hirschfield plans to use his long-time employee Plummer as his successor, but that doesn't fit Manfred Steyner, the manager of the mine and husband of Hirschfield's granddaughter Terry. He pursues completely different plans, not only to push the grandfather out of society, but to kill him. He has already planned the destruction of the mine with the windy cartel of Mr. Farrell in London in order to manipulate the gold price in its favor.
Steyner is now trying at all costs to get the younger Slater through as general manager, and that - he believes - is best done through his wife Terry. His plan works and Slater gets the job. But Terry falls in love with Slater. Slater is said to be drilling a new hole at the point where Lammer's demolition caused the accident. Steyner presented Slater with falsified reports, according to which there was not water but gold behind the layer of clay there, the so-called "dam" . Steyner works to ensure that Slater's men unsuspectingly drill into the dam in search of the gold, the dam is supposed to break and the mine is flooded in order to drive up the gold price due to the resulting shortage.
But Slater has a fuse installed for such a case. In order to prevent him from triggering it, he and Steyner's wife are lured into the country and the fuse is sabotaged. When the mine floods and Hirschfield is almost doomed, Slater, with luck, manages to get back to the mine in time and prevent the worst. Steyner, who has faked a trip, observes everything from a slope and hears from the car radio that his plan has failed. His right hand, instructed by Farrell for such cases, kills him with the car, but the car himself falls into the abyss. Slater is rescued from the pit, badly injured and congratulated by Hirschfield, Terry joins him in the ambulance and confesses her love to him.
criticism
Lexicon of international film : An elaborate adventure story that instead of critical accents offers lengthy scenes, love affairs and landscapes.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Rod Slater | Roger Moore | Nils Clausnitzer |
| Theresa 'Terry' Steyner | Susannah York | Margot Leonard |
| Hurry Hirschfield | Ray Milland | Wolf Ackva |
| John 'Big King' Nkulu | Simon Sabela | Herbert Weicker |
| Manfred Steyner | Bradford Dillman | Manfred Schott |
| Tex Kiernan | Marc Smith | Alexander Allerson |
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on LP by ABC Records ( USA ) and Philips (Europe) . A limited CD edition of 3000 pieces was available from Intrada in 2009 for the 25th anniversary.
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Remarks
- The cost of production was about a million pounds sterling .
- The film was shot on location in South Africa and Pinewood Studios in London .
- A remarkable number of crew members from the James Bond films were involved in this film, including Roger Moore (leading actor), Peter Hunt (director), Maurice Binder (title sequence), Alec Mills (camera), John Glen (editor) and Syd Cain (Furnishing)
Nominations
- Oscar nomination for Best Song for Wherever Love Takes Me sung by Maureen McGovern
- BAFTA nominations for Best Score for Rydal Love, Michael Crouch, John W. Mitchell, and Gordon K. McCallum
Web links
- Gold in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gold. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 20, 2017 .