Indiscreet

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Movie
German title Indiscreet
Original title Indiscreet
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 1958
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Stanley Donen
script Norman Krasna
production Grandon Productions Ltd., Stanley Donen
music Richard Rodney Bennett
song "Indiscreet": Samy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
camera Freddie Young
cut Jack Harris
occupation

Indiscreet (Original title: Indiscreet ) is a British comedy film by the US director Stanley Donen based on the play "Kind Sir" by Norman Krasna from 1958. The leading roles are cast with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman .

action

Anna Kalman , a famous stage actress, returns to her London apartment earlier than expected . Her sister and brother-in-law wanted to use the vacant apartment to give a guest the opportunity to move undisturbed after the long flight from the USA ; after all , he is said to be the main speaker at a NATO dinner . Anna, who is asked by her sister to come to dinner, refuses, but when she sees who is standing in the door of her apartment, she immediately changes her mind.

Philip Adams is not only a handsome man, he is also unmarried, as it might seem at first glance. Later that evening he confesses to her that there is a Mrs. Adams, but they are separated; however, a divorce is out of the question. Anna and Philip fall in love; he takes a position at NATO in Paris , they spend the weekends in London. Her brother-in-law, who works for NATO himself, finds out that Philip Adams was never married, but that this is just a protective claim that he does not have to take on the obligations of a husband.

When Philip was transferred to New York for five months , he was supposed to be sailing to New York with his colleagues the next day. It just so happens that it is Anna's birthday on the day of her departure and it occurs to her that she should expect him on the evening of his arrival in New York. Now the brother-in-law has no choice but to tell her about Philips' plan, that Philip arranged it so that he would show up in her apartment the next evening at midnight for his birthday and that he would not leave until three days later. Anna's sister has learned from the husband's documents that Philip is unmarried and tells Anna this. Anna is now so angry that she thinks up a revenge. She arranges for another man to be at her apartment at midnight to make Philip jealous. This succeeds at first, but Philip recognizes his own dishonesty and both marry.

backgrounds

Ingrid Bergman , when she learns that Philip is unmarried, utters the famous scream " damned " that went down in film history.

In the last part of the film there is a dance scene where Cary Grant is dancing a Scottish sword dance. Thematically, the dance follows after Anna learns about his dishonesty and Philip thinks exuberantly that she has no idea. In the dance, Philip makes himself very ridiculous, and Cary Grant had to be convinced for a long time by the director Stanley Donen to put this dance on the floor.

Phyllis Calvert , a well-known English actress, suffered her husband's death while filming. She was about to cancel filming.

When the sister tries to convince Anna at the beginning to go to the NATO dinner, Anna refuses because she still fondly remembers the visit to the last dinner. The Dutch representative spoke for an hour and a half and she did not understand a word. In the German dubbed version the Dutchman becomes Japanese.

The world premiere of the film took place on May 20, 1958.

The film was re-examined by the FSK in July 2000 and downgraded from FSK 16 to FSK 6.

In 1988 director Richard Michaels shot a remake under the title Diplomat in Matters .

criticism

  • Lexicon of international films : “An unmarried diplomat poses as a husband to his lover so that he can enjoy his life without being bound. [...] An elegantly staged comedy that offers the best entertainment thanks to its excellent cast. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Indiscreet. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 5, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used