Golden Boy (1962)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Golden boy |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Olden |
| script |
Pinkas Braun (translation) Clifford Odets (piece) |
| occupation | |
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Golden Boy is a German television film from 1962. The film adaptation of the play of the same name by Clifford Odets was filmed in Hamburg in 1961 and was broadcast for the first time on January 25, 1962.
action
The young Joe Bonaparte, played by Klaus Kammer, is supposed to start a career as a musician according to the wishes of his father Frank, who wants to give him an expensive violin for his 21st birthday. But because of a lack of money, Joe persuades the manager Tom Moody to send him into the ring as a replacement for a boxer who lost due to a hand injury. Indeed, the first successes are showing and Joe brings his clients money, but he gradually doubts his decision. Lorna Moon, who is indebted to Moody, can motivate him to keep boxing for a while, but after an opponent is killed in a fight, both Joe and Lorna change their minds.
literature
- Clifford Odets : Six plays . Grove Press, New Yorek 1979, ISBN 0-8021-5060-8 .
- Clifford Odets: Golden Boy Kiepenheuer Verlag, Berlin 1976.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contents: Waiting for Lefty , Awake and sing , Till the day I die , Paradise lost , Golden boy and Rocket on the moon
Web links
- Golden Boy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Audience reactions