I am who I am
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I am who I am |
| Original title | Col cuore in gola |
| Country of production | Italy , France |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tinto Brass |
| script | Tinto Brass Pierre Lévy Francesca Longo |
| production |
Luigi Carpentier Ermanno Donati |
| music | Armando Trovajoli |
| camera | Silvano Ippoliti |
| cut | Tinto Brass |
| occupation | |
| |
I am as I am is a French crime film by the director Tinto Brass from 1967. In addition to the director, Pierre Lévy, Francesca Longo and Sergio Donati were involved in the writing of the script, which is based on the crime novel Il sepolcro di carta of the latter. Comics artist Guido Crepax was involved in the visual design of the film .
action
Bernard sees 17-year-old blonde beauty Jane in a London nightclub and falls in love with her. Later that evening he found her in a back room of the nightclub next to the body of the nightclub owner Prescott. She asserts that she did not commit the crime, but she can provide information about the possible motive for the murder: Prescott allegedly owned a compromising photo of her stepmother Martha. Jane suspects it is in Prescott's private apartment. Bernard goes there alone. But he's not the only one interested; he cleverly overpowers his competitors and escapes. He returns to his apartment empty-handed, where Jane is waiting for him. After the two lovers take a trip to the park, Jane is kidnapped. Since Jane's brother Jerome is keeping a secret about his private life, Bernard considers him suspicious and goes to see him. At that moment Jerome receives a ransom note for Jane over the phone. With 10,000 pounds he could release Jane. Bernard reports that a midget was involved in Jane's abduction. Jerome can classify the dwarf as Larris' henchman. Larris is the lover of Martha, the stepmother of Jane and Jerome. In a demolished house near the marshalling yard they can free Jane from the hands of their kidnappers.
Since Bernard's apartment is monitored, the newly in love hides temporarily with Bernard's friend David. Later they go to Larris and hope he will explain them. But Larris is already dead in his bathtub. You leave the scene in a hurry. They split up on the metro; Jane is supposed to go back to David, Bernard promises to comply. However, he is captured and tortured by his opponents until he finally says that the little book he is looking for is with Jane. After Bernard has recovered from this in David's apartment, he wants to speak to Martha. Jane and Jerome try unsuccessfully to dissuade him. He finds her at a rock concert, confronts her with Larri's death and presents her with an item of jewelry that he found next to the corpse. Martha identifies the jewelry as Jane's property. Thus, Jane is clear as the perpetrator for him. In one last discussion in the romantic sunset, Bernard tells Jane that he doesn't care. But she points a pistol at Bernard and shoots him to eliminate him as an accomplice.
Background information
The film was shot in London and premiered in Italy on November 16, 1967. On January 5th, 1968 it was released in West German cinemas.
Reviews
"As a crime thriller poor, but the poppy-psychedelic look enjoys a certain cult status among Sixties fans."
"The story is staged as a game with pre-defined cinematic plot patterns, but a clear conception is missing, so that it remains a superficial mixture of sex and crime."
“Action-free and low-tension film with extravagant, often mannered-looking color photography, set in an environment characterized by pop art. Fashionably packaged boredom. "
literature
- Sergio Donati : Il sepolcro di carta. Mondadori, 1956 (Italian)
- 1958 also published in English under the title The Paper Tomb at the Crime Club in London, translated by Isabel Quigly
Web links
- I am as I am in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures of the film on cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMDb locations
- ↑ IMDb cinema release
- ↑ http://my.tvspielfilm.de/tv-programm/sendung/ich-bin-wie-ich-bin,107040152464.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ I am what I am. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association, Munich, Review No. 316/1968.
