I will see you again
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I will see you again |
| Original title | I'll be seeing you |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Dieterle |
| script | Marion Parsonnet |
| production |
Dore Schary , David O. Selznick |
| music | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| camera | Tony Gaudio |
| cut | William H. Ziegler |
| occupation | |
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I'll see you again is an American film drama by William Dieterle from the year 1944 . Marion Parsonnet's script is based on the radio play Double Furlough by Charles Martin.
action
The United States during World War II : Seargeant Zachary Morgan and Mary Marshall meet during a train journey and quickly find pleasure in each other. When Mary gets off the train at Pinehill to spend Christmas with her aunt and uncle, Zachary pretends to have a sister in the same place so that she can get off the train with her. However, both keep serious secrets from each other: Zachary suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his war effort , his motor skills are restricted, and he actually lives in a psychiatric clinic. Mary pretends to be a traveling merchant, but has actually been in prison for three years and is only allowed to visit her family for good conduct. Mary hopes for a family happiness in the future, which, however, seems to be a long way off due to her prison sentence.
Zachary, who has taken up residence at the local YMCA , visits a war film with Mary that evening, which leaves him unhappy. When they visit a bar afterward, Zachary sees owner Swanson - a World War I veteran and war tremor - as his own possible future if he can't be cured. Zachary is upset and jerks off from Mary, but tells her about his mental health problems while taking a walk the next day. Mary, however, remains silent about secret. Her 17-year-old cousin Barbara, with whom she shares the room, knows nothing about the circumstances of her conviction and therefore distrusts Mary. She then reveals her story to the young people: She pushed her superior out of the window when he sexually molested her while she was drunk. This is another reason why their relatives understand and do not see them as criminals despite the conviction. Even so, Mary was sentenced to a maximum of six years in prison for manslaughter. Barbara then apologizes for her previous distrust.
On the way home from a New Year's Eve party, Zachary is attacked by a large dog and can defend himself against it: His motor skills and mental state have improved significantly again through the week with the understanding and kind-hearted Mary. He tries to propose to Mary, but she feigns sleepiness and postpones the discussion. Still, Mary confesses her aunt's love for Zachary. During the night he suffered a psychological relapse and hallucinates, but can save himself through the thought of Mary. On New Year's Day, the day of their departure, Barbara slips out Mary's secret to Zachary - Barbara didn't know that Zachary didn't know it yet. A suddenly distant looking Zachary gets on the train. When Mary finds out that Zachary found out about her secret, she believes she has lost him forever. In the evening when Mary returns to the state prison, Zachary is waiting there and they confess their love.
background
The drama was produced by Selznick International Pictures and Vanguard Pictures, the two production companies David O. Selznick , and Dore Schary Productions . The shooting took place from April 3 to May 26, 1944 in the Selznick International Studio Culver City.
Since the film studios themselves were too small to be able to market the film in theaters, it was distributed by United Artists . The title of the film is the song I'll Be Seeing You , which was a big hit in 1944 and can be heard several times. Producer Shary suggested that it be named after the song to increase the popularity of the film. Was shot I'll see you again when the end of the Second World War was already apparent. He is considered to be one of the first in a series of films that deal with the aftermath of World War II.
Shary and Selznick had different opinions about many aspects of the film, so Selznick was initially critical of the cast of Joseph Cotten . For a long time Joan Fontaine was the favorite for the lead role before it went to Ginger Rogers . The penultimate scene of the film - in which Mary learns that Barbara has revealed her secret - was not shot by director William Dieterle , but by George Cukor . The scene is said to have been very tearful under Dieterle's direction and Selznick was dissatisfied with the theatrical tone, so he brought Cukor to help, who should make the scene more subtle. Cukor was dissatisfied with the acting of ex-child star Shirley Temple and is said to have said to her: "I want emotions, not tears" ("I want emotion, not tears") . It was only after twelve takes that he was satisfied with Temple's acting performance.
The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 25, 1944, and was released nationwide on January 5, 1945. With a budget of around $ 1.3 million, he grossed over six million dollars in the United States alone, which was a huge commercial success. The film premiered in West Germany in 1952 under the title I will see me again .
Reviews
I'll see you again opened to good reviews when it was released. Bosley Crowther wrote in the New York Times that as many people as possible should see this movie. He was particularly impressed by Cotten's acting performance: "He plays the war-trembling veteran with outstanding reserve and with a friendly and determined independence that beautifully betrays his suffering and pride."
The US-American film critic Dennis Schwartz judges that Dieterle had shot "Eloquence a satisfactory melodrama". The story is not great and Mary's detective story is "hardly believable", but the two stars work well together and make the romance seem so serious. Craig Butler was of a similar opinion in the All Movie Guide and awarded four out of five stars: Although the story is over-sentimental and manipulative in the eyes of some people, it is also very effective and Dieterle manages to spread the emotionality in the story, but not go far. Rogers was an "inspired choice" for the lead role, while Cotten performed a "wonderfully modulated" performance.
The Lexicon of International Films writes: "A sympathetic drama with an optimistic perspective that reflects the emotions and attitude towards life in the USA after the war."
Web links
- I'll see you in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm (William) Dieterle - actor, director . In: CineGraph - Lexikon zum Deutschsprachigen Film , Lg. 22, F 31
- ↑ Thomas Schatz: Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s . University of California Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-520-22130-7 ( google.de [accessed May 27, 2018]).
- ^ I'll Be Seeing You (1944) - Articles - TCM.com. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
- ^ I'll Be Seeing You (1944) - Articles - TCM.com. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
- ^ I'll Be Seeing You (Release Date). Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomson, David: Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick , Abacus, 1993, p. 439.
- ↑ Two thousand and one. Film lexicon FILMS from AZ - I'll see you again. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Bosley Crowther: THE SCREEN; 'I'll Be Seeing You,' Drama of a Shell-Shocked Soldier, With Joseph Cotten, Ginger Rogers, Opens at Capitol . In: The New York Times . April 6, 1945, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 27, 2018]).
- ^ I'll Be Seeing You (1944) - Articles - TCM.com. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Dennis Schwartz: illbeseeingyou. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
- ^ I'll Be Seeing You (1944) - William Dieterle | Review | AllMovie. Retrieved May 27, 2018 .
- ↑ I'll see you again . ( filmdienst.de [accessed on May 26, 2018]).