Heaven and Hell (1983)
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| German title | heaven and hell |
| Original title | State buoni se potete |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 110 minutes |
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| Director | Luigi Magni |
| script | Luigi Magni, Bernadino Zapponi |
| production |
Carlo Cucci , Silvia D'Amico Bendico |
| music | Angelo Branduardi |
| camera | Danilo Desideri |
| cut | Ruggero Mastroianni |
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Heaven and Hell (original title: State buoni se potete - literally: "Be good if you can") is an Italian fictional film by Luigi Magni from 1983 . It premiered on December 18, 1984 in Italy. The film combines the character and the events of St. Philipp Neri and his time with a fictional plot about a street boy who is persecuted by the devil for his entire life.
action
Rome in the 16th century: The priest Filippo Neri helps children, the poor, the elderly and the sick when one day the street boy Cirifischio stands with a stolen chalice in the not yet consecrated church that he used as an asylum. The devil, in the form of a boiler maker, who has his workshop opposite the church, first sends the child to the church for asylum and then arrests him for sacrilege , but "Don Fili" protects Cirifischio from the security forces and takes him into the crowd of his orphans. Don Fili raises him like all other children with the words: "Be good if you can".
On a begging tour with Don Fili, Cirifischio gets to know the haughty page of a young cardinal who gives him a brutal slap in the face from his horse. When he and his cronies ambush him and want to beat him up, it turns out that it is a girl, Leonetta, who is secretly held as a lover by the cardinal. Don Fili is horrified and has Leonetta taken to a Jesuit school . When Cirifischio tries to kidnap her from school with the help of the boiler maker, Don Fili has an understanding and also takes the girl in with him.
Years later: Leonetta and Cirifischio are just about to celebrate their engagement when the devil - this time in the form of an old broom-maker - sends the boy with an assignment to the blacksmith. There he meets the cardinal and kills him emotionally. Then he has to flee and becomes a notorious robber and highwayman. Leonetta then goes to the monastery and tries to save him through her prayers. Meanwhile, the devil tries to seduce Don Fili in the form of a beautiful Mauress , but he remains steadfast. A young noble boy, whose father forbids him to interact with Don Fili and the orphans, falls for the beautiful Mauress and is killed by her.
One night Don Fili is brought to a baptism by the robbers; Cirifischio is the child's godfather. The priest takes a poor mendicant monk with him to the ceremony that he met on the way - not realizing that it is Pope Sixtus V who, incognito , wants to see that everything is right in his city. The Pope arrests the band of robbers and Cirifischio is sentenced to death. On death row he brags in front of Don Fili about the number of women he has conquered; for Leonetta, who he believes has meanwhile married “a beggar”, he has nothing but ridicule. Finally he pulls out a medallion that “the most beautiful” of these women had given him: It shows the picture of the beautiful Mauress. Don Fili throws the medallion into the fire, which then evaporates. Cirifischio is horrified to realize that he has been fooled by the devil his whole life. Finally, Leonetta appears - dressed as a nun. The robber is now purified and converted to face his execution.
In the end, the devil subjects Don Fili to one more temptation: he is to be made cardinal and given sumptuous robes. But when the orphans no longer recognize him in this dress, the priest happily takes off the purple robes again. The film ends with a shot of a smiling little girl and the Latin words “LAUS DEO” (Praise be to God).
DVD
The film is in Italy in the 150-minute version Integrale and in Germany under the title Heaven and Hell - Stay Well, If You Can, on DVD. The German DVD release by Pidax film contains the slightly shorter cut (television) and the long film version (integral) on two DVDs. Since only the original soundtrack of the TV version was found, but not the film track, the Integrale version, which had already been restored in Italy and available on DVD, was taken and revised with the German TV sound. The scenes that are not in German have been kept in their original language and have German subtitles. The cut version is the television version from 1984, which was broadcast once on ARD (repeats on ARD 1 Plus ), but shortened again to include the missing scene due to the lack of footage. Thanks to a fan, three of the lost scenes are admitted as bonus material in poor quality. There is also a part of the German opening credits, in which, unlike in the integral version from Italy, Angelo Branduardi does not sing, but the action (Cirifischio steals the chalice) already begins. In the Integrale version, this scene (slightly shorter) is part of the film (first scene) and not part of the opening credits. The cut version also contains the opening credits of the Versioni Integrale with Branduardi.
Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack by Angelo Branduardi | ||||
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1983 |
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admission |
1982 |
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| Label (s) | Polygram / Musiza | |||
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LP |
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Title (number) |
15th |
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running time |
00:31:34 |
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Studio (s) |
Fonit Cetra, Milan |
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The LP was released by Polydor (Musiza) and contains 15 tracks, some of which are included several times in different versions. There is still a sung version of the title Tema di Leonetta , which was only released on a single (45 / min) and on the LP Canzoni d'amore by Angelo Branduardi .
The texts of the titles appearing on the soundtrack are by Luisa Zappa-Branduardi , Capitan Gesù wrote Luigi Magni. The music is from Angelo Branduardi .
- Vanità di vanità (sung with children's choir)
- Tema di Leonetta (instrumental with orchestra)
- Danse des filles de joie (instrumental)
- State buoni se potete (sung by Angelo Branduardi with guitar)
- Canzone di Cadigia (sung by Iris Peynado)
- Capitan Gesù (instrumental)
- Tema di Leonetta (instrumental with violin and baritone)
- State buoni se potete (sung)
- Canzone di Cadigia (instrumental)
- Capitan Gesù (sung with children's choir) *
- Vanità di vanità (instrumental with flutes and organ)
- Tema di Leonetta (instrumental with violin, baritone and orchestra)
- State buoni se potete (instrumental with harmonica and flute)
- Vanità di vanità (instrumental)
- Sarabande (instrumental by Angelo Branduardi with guitar)
Angelo Branduardi won the David di Donatello for the film music .
criticism
The film-dienst praised heaven and hell : “Set up as a colorful, romantic picture book series, the film also has some touching scenes of practiced humanity in a time of social contradictions and historical upheaval. Quirky, amiable entertainment. "
Web links
- Heaven and hell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heaven and Hell. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .