Heart of Darkness (film)

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Movie
German title Heart of Darkness
Original title Heart of Darkness
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Nicolas Roeg
script Benedict Fitzgerald
production Bob Christiansen ,
Luc Roeg ,
Rick Rosenberg
music Stanley Myers
camera Anthony B. Richmond
cut Louise Rubacky
occupation
synchronization

Heart of Darkness (alternative title: Herz der Darkness ) is an American adventure film from 1993 . Directed by Nicolas Roeg , the script was written by Benedict Fitzgerald . The television film is the third adaptation of the original story of the same name Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad from 1899. The main actors are Tim Roth and John Malkovich . It had its television premiere on March 13, 1994 on the US cable broadcaster TNT .

action

The British captain Marlow receives the order to deliver supplies to the Congo and sets off in search of Colonel Kurtz, the manager of a trading post. When the troops reach it, they get a nasty surprise. Kurtz rules the natives with his own methods.

Cast and dubbing

Role name actor Voice actor
Captain Marlow Tim Roth Bernd Vollbrecht
Colonel Kurtz John Malkovich Joachim Tennstedt
Mfumu Isaac de Bankole
gutter James Fox Frank-Otto Schenk
Harlequin Morten Faldaas Stefan Fredrich

reception

The film service means "the unspectacular and at the same time exciting narrative style" puts "the subjective observation of the main character in the foreground" and exposes "convincingly presumptuous and greed for power".

John Malkovich received nominations for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie and for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini-Series . The film also won an Emmy for best sound editing in a miniseries or special and a CableACE Award for best production design in a miniseries or special.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Heart of Darkness. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 19, 2016 .
  2. Heart of Darkness - short review . In: Filmdienst.de . Retrieved January 19, 2016.