Greek seeks Greek woman (film)
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Original title | Greek seeks Greek woman |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 1966 |
length | 89 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16, not free of public holidays |
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Director | Rolf Thiele |
script |
Rolf Olsen , Franz Seitz (as Georg Laforet) , Friedrich Dürrenmatt (novel) |
production | Franz Seitz |
music | Rolf A. Wilhelm (as Rolf Wilhelm) |
camera | Wolf Wirth |
cut | Ingeborg Taschner (as Inge Taschner) |
occupation | |
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Greek seeks Greek is a German film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Friedrich Dürrenmatt with Heinz Rühmann from 1966. The film was directed by Rolf Thiele .
action
The film begins with a sex orgy. The sexually and alcohol-abstinent Greek vegetarian Arnolph Archilochos is looking for a Greek woman he would like to marry through a marriage notice. Then the good-looking Greek Chloé Saloniki answers. Through the relationship with his new acquaintance, he rises socially and professionally. Archilochus marries Chloé shortly afterwards. Eventually Archilochus finds out that his wife works as a courtesan . In the end Archilochos finds his wife in front of a picturesque temple ruin in Greece.
production
The film Greek seeks Greek is a coproduction by Bavaria Film and Franz Seitz Filmproduktion . The film was made in the Bavaria film studios and in the Bavaria studios in Grünwald . Further recordings were made in Greece , Montreux ( Canton of Vaud , Switzerland ) and in Offenburg . The film premiered on September 16, 1966. In Greece the film was released under the title Ellinas zitei Ellinida , in Italy as I dolci peccati di Venere and under the title Once a Greek it was distributed internationally. Nora-Filmverleih owns the rights to the screenings .
reception
criticism
Der Spiegel sees Greek women looking for a “colorful” and “honest” satire.
Awards
From the German Film and Media Review received Once a Greek the title "especially valuable".
Web links
- Once a Greek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Greek is looking for Greek at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hand on the Pyge. Spiegel online , November 7, 1966, accessed February 22, 2012 .
- ↑ http://programm.ard.de/Homepage?sendung=281067457359631
- ↑ Greeks are looking for Greek women at filmportal.de