Inferno (2016)
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| German title | inferno |
| Original title | inferno |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 122 minutes |
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FSK 12 JMK 14 |
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| Director | Ron Howard |
| script | David Koepp |
| production |
Michael De Luca , Andrea Giannetti , Brian Grazer |
| music | Hans Zimmer |
| camera | Salvatore Totino |
| cut |
Tom Elkins , Daniel P. Hanley |
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Inferno is an American thriller from director Ron Howard from the year 2016 . The film is based on the novel Inferno by Dan Brown from 2013 and premiered on October 8, 2016 in Florence . The film was released in German cinemas on October 13, 2016.
action
At the beginning of the film, Bertrand Zobrist gives a speech about human overpopulation. In the next scene, Zobrist is followed by Christoph Bouchard and two other men. He escapes to a church tower and is placed there by Bouchard. To escape access, Zobrist falls to his death.
Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital room in Florence with a head wound , can not remember the last few days and keeps having disordered visions and flashbacks . The doctor Dr. Sienna Brooks is investigating when a police officer storms into the hospital and shoots around. Langdon and Brooks escape the hospital and take a taxi to Brooks' apartment.
The next morning, Langdon tries to remember. He's checking emails on Sienna's laptop; later they call the American embassy who wants to send staff. Since Sienna is suspicious, they guide her to a pension opposite. In his belongings, Langdon discovers a container for biological substances that can be opened with a fingerprint - as it turns out, his own. There is a cylinder seal inside. When Langdon shakes it, a ray of light emanates from it and projects an image on the wall. The picture shows Botticelli's map of hell for Dante's work Inferno . Additional letters are hidden in it that indicate a picture by Botticelli in the Vecchio Palace . By logging in to the e-mail server, the WHO finds Langdon and storms the house. At the same time the policewoman, Vayentha, appears at the house opposite.
Langdon and Sienna escape their pursuers and enter the Giardino di Boboli . There they are tracked down with a drone , but reach the Vecchio Palace undetected through the Vasari corridor . There they meet the guide Marta, who wants to lead them to the death mask of Dante, which Langdon had visited the previous evening with his friend Ignazio Busoni. But the mask was stolen. Langdon is identified as a thief on the video. Vayentha and the WHO men also get there when the palace is cordoned off by police. Vayentha pursues Langdon and Sienna to the attic above the hall of the 500 , where Sienna tears her from the beams and falls to her death through the ceiling. Langdon and Sienna escape the palace.
An email from Busoni gave Langdon a clue about the hiding place of the death mask - the Baptistery of San Giovanni . There you will find the mask, which contains further references, this time to the Doges in Venice and a canal without daylight. Bouchard places the two in the baptistery and claims that the head of the WHO task force, Elizabeth Sinskey, who is Langdon acquaintance, is working with Zobrist. They join forces and travel to Venice together.
At the same time, Vayentha's client, Harry Sims, is introduced. He was commissioned by Zobrist, whose real intentions he did not know, to publish a video the next day. But when he watches the video himself, he realizes the macabre goal of Zobrist: With a released virus, a pandemic should at least halve humanity and thus bring the earth back into balance. Sims decides, against the principles of his organization, to thwart the project. He gets in touch with Elizabeth Sinskey. It turns out that Bouchard is the traitor.
Langdon and Sienna have now recognized this and can escape him by leaving the train in Padua . In Venice they visit St. Mark's Basilica . There they recognize that the tomb of the wanted Doge Enrico Dandolo is not there, but in Istanbul . When Bouchard tracks her down, Langdon is betrayed by Sienna and left behind. Because Sienna was Zobrist's lover and now wants to complete his work. To be on the safe side, however, she did not know the ultimate hiding place for the Inferno bioweapon ; Zobrist had designed the "paper chase" for them. Bouchard grabs Langdon and interrogates him, but is stabbed to death by Sims. He explains that the kidnapping and persecution in Florence by Vayentha was only staged so that Langdon could build a relationship of trust with Sienna. The head wound was not a gunshot wound, but a cut and the memory loss was chemically induced.
In Istanbul, Langdon, Sinskey and Harry Sims go to Hagia Sophia . There they learn about the underground cistern system, whose description of the death mask fits well with the “sunken palace” ( Yerebatan Sarayı ). An orchestral concert is taking place there when he is stormed by the WHO and the police. Sienna is also there and wants to explode the bioweapons container with a remote ignition, which would release the active ingredient. The container can, however, be safely stowed in a larger transport container by the people of the WHO. Sienna carries out the explosion and is killed in the process, but the safety container remains undamaged and can be saved in a fight with Sienna's helpers - the Inferno bioweapon is not released.
Literary templates
Dante's inferno
The theme of the film, like the novel on which it is based, refers to the first part of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri , which is considered the most important poetry in Italian literature and in which Dante took up the genre of medieval visions of the afterlife. Here a traveler is led through Hell and Purgatorio by various guides from the hereafter , initially by the Roman poet Virgil . Virgil himself of the sacrament of baptism is a heathen in the absence excluded from salvation, but his stay because of his virtuous life hell penalties saved and he must time to the Last Judgment in which the actual hell upstream limbus spend. In Dante's work, hell is divided into the nine circles of the inferno, a number symbolism that is also taken up in the film and in Brown's literary treatment of the subject.
Brown's inferno
Brown's novel Inferno itself, which also served as the script for the film, was released in numerous countries on May 14, 2013 and was an immediate commercial success. The date of publication is in the American spelling 5/14/13 a numerical anagram of the number 3.1415, the approximate value of the circle number Pi. Helped the protagonist Prof. Robert Langdon in Brown's previous novels to find hidden signs and symbols in the works of Leonardo da Vinci's , to find the Holy Grail or later the study of Galileo Galilei's work Diagrama della Verità in the pursuit of the footsteps of Simon Petrus in the Vatican Secret Archives , Brown takes up in the third part of his Langdon series, which is actually the fourth part of his novel series , to Dante's Divine Comedy and the number-mythological aspects associated with the work and the codes and symbols it contains. He also uses Botticelli's map of hell for Dante's Inferno , which is also used again and again in the film and with the help of which Professor Langdon receives clues about Zobrist's plans. In contrast to the film, the book ends differently. There the virus is released a week before the protagonists arrive. In addition, the virus is not fatal, it only makes you partially sterile. In the book, Sienna also does not want to release the virus, but rather to take it and destroy it (so that it cannot fall into the hands of government agencies).
production
Rod
In May 2013, Dan Brown announced that his novel Inferno would also be made into a film, several years after the last film adaptation of a novel from the Langdon series. Ron Howard directed it again , as with The Da Vinci Code - Da Vinci Code (2006) and Illuminati (2009). Compared to the first two adaptations of Dan Brown novels, the director placed more emphasis on action this time. In August 2016, the director explained that it had taken so long to continue the film series: “Neither of us is under contract. We're not putting out a series. It's about making a film where we all agree that we have something exciting, funny and valuable to tell. "
occupation
The actor Tom Hanks slipped again into the role of the Harvard professor Robert Langdon , whom he played in the other two films. Felicity Jones plays Dr. Sienna Brooks trying to help Langdon remember. Omar Sy took on the role of Christoph Bouchard, Ben Foster that of Bertrand Zobrist and Irrfan Khan that of Harry. Sidse Babett Knudsen is in the film as WHO chief Dr. See Elizabeth Sinskey.
Filming
The shooting took place exclusively at the locations described in the novel. They started in Venice on April 27, 2015 . There they shot in front of St. Mark's Basilica , on board a water taxi known for the city on the Grand Canal and in other waterways in Venice , for example against the backdrop of the Doge's Palace , the Bridge of Sighs and in the Orseolo Basin. In Florence, where the film is largely about, it was shot in front of and in the Uffizi Gallery , at the Palazzo Vecchio and in the Boboli Gardens . In Padua near Venice, filming took place at the train station and on the premises there. In Istanbul , scenes were filmed in front of the Hagia Sophia . The recordings in Budapest were made in the city center. Shooting ended on July 21, 2015.
in front of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice
on board a water taxi in Venice
in front of and in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence
at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence
in the Boboli Gardens in Florence
and also in front of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Film music
In March 2016 it became known that the film music by Hans Zimmer would be recorded under the direction of Johannes Vogel in the Synchron Stage Vienna. Zimmer himself describes his film music as experimental and unconventional. The soundtrack for the film is 70:45 minutes long, comprises 17 pieces and was released on October 14, 2016.
Title list of the soundtrack
- Maybe Pain Can Save Us
- Cerca Trova
- I'm Feeling A Tad Vulnerable
- Seek and find
- professor
- Venice
- Via Dolorosa # 12 Apartment 3C
- Vayentha
- Remove Langdon
- Doing Nothing Terrifies Me
- A Minute To Midnight
- The cistern
- Beauty Awakens The Soul To Act
- Elizabeth
- The Logic Of Tyrants
- Life Must Have It's Mysteries
- Our Own Hell On Earth
synchronization
Tom Hanks was dubbed for the first time by Thomas Nero Wolff in this film after the death of his "standard voice" Arne Elsholtz .
Marketing and Publishing
A first trailer for the film was released in May 2016. Howard and Hanks visited Singapore in June 2016 as part of a promotional tour . Another, much longer trailer was presented for the Olympic Games in August 2016.
Inferno celebrated its premiere on October 8, 2016 at the Teatro dell'Opera in the Italian city of Florence , where Dante Alighieri was born more than 750 years earlier and the film was also largely shot. The German premiere took place on October 10, 2016 in the presence of Dan Brown and Ron Howard and the actors Tom Hanks , Felicity Jones and Omar Sy in the Sony Center in Berlin . The film was officially released in German cinemas on October 13, 2016, and in cinemas in the United Kingdom the following day . The launch in the USA took place on October 28th. In China, the film is one of the 38 foreign productions that were allowed to be shown there in 2016 according to a quota.
reception
Reviews
The film only won over 23 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics .
Martin Schwickert of the Stuttgarter Zeitung remarked that Howard thankfully, in contrast to the original, did without a romance and kept the phases of art historical contemplation significantly shorter than the action parts compared to the previous films. Martin Schwickert nevertheless says: “With the exception of a few daring, but not necessarily successful plot turns, the story follows the same dramaturgical scheme that drove the first two films. Unlike in the previous works, the paintings, sculptures and writings are not the subject of interpretations that merge with the thriller plot. They mostly only serve as a mailbox for the elaborate scavenger hunt, which significantly reduces the intellectual enjoyment of the whole affair. "
Annika Schmid from Swiss radio and television says: “The professor's hallucinations would actually invite you to take part in the puzzle . Actually. Because unfortunately the film doesn't leave us time to solve the riddles. Instead, we're rushing around the world with Robert Langdon and Sienna Brooks. [...] That leaves the bad feeling of having only seen an average mystery thriller despite a good cast and an exciting start. "
The film service judges: “The visually attractive adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dan Brown lays the wrong track with pleasure and entertains routinely as a mixture of thriller and horror film. Its different elements are primarily held together by the enigmatic film music. "
Gross profit
After its release, the film reached number 1 in the box office in several countries, including Mexico, Russia, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and Italy.
In Germany, too, the film landed at number 1 on the cinema charts with 540,656 visitors on the first weekend and has so far recorded around 1.5 million visitors. This puts it in 19th place among the films launched in 2016 (as of August 13, 2017). In Switzerland, it also reached first place in the cinema charts. Income of over $ 600,000 was achieved.
In the United States, however, Inferno landed on the opening weekend with revenues of 14.8 million US dollars on the second place in the box office. He was well behind the predecessors The Da Vinci Code - Da Vinci Code and Illuminati , which could take 77 million and 46 million US dollars respectively on the opening weekend. Total U.S. revenue is currently $ 34.3 million and global revenue is over $ 220 million.
Web links
- Inferno in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Film Website (English)
- Official website for the film (German)
- Interview with Dan Brown about the film at kurier.at.
- Ron Howard in an interview with Hey U Guys on Youtube (video, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Inferno . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 162437 / K).
- ↑ Age rating for Inferno . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Frank Zöllner: Der große Bildverdreher In: DIE ZEIT Online, May 11, 2006.
- ^ Tanja Beuthien: Dan Brown. The man behind the Da Vinci Code In: Stern Online, May 17, 2006.
- ↑ Hanns-Georg Rodek: 'Illuminati' - good thriller, bad research In: DIE WELT Online, May 12, 2009.
- ↑ Christoph Petersen: Film starts on the set of 'Inferno': The big interview with the main actors Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones In: filmstarts.de, October 8, 2016.
- ↑ Dan Brown suggests a film adaptation of 'Inferno'. Welt online , May 28, 2013, accessed July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ New 'Inferno' Trailer: Director Ron Howard Talks to Us About His Hellish New Action Mystery. Yahoo Movies, June 23, 2016, accessed July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Nina Terrero: Inferno: Ron Howard explains the delay behind Robert Langdon's return In: Entertainment Weekly, August 15, 2016.
- ↑ Ben Child: Tom Hanks and Ron Howard reunite for third Dan Brown movie. The Guardian , August 24, 2014, accessed July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Jason Chester and Lucy Mapstone: Felicity Jones and Tom Hanks get into character as they prepare to shoot pivotal boat scene on Venice set of third Da Vinci Code movie Inferno In: dailymail.co.uk, April 30, 2015.
- ↑ A Venezia Howard / Hanks girano 'Inferno' In: ansa.it, April 28, 2015.
- ^ Filming for Dan Brown's Inferno continues in Venice In: ansa.it, April 28, 2015.
- ↑ Riprese del film Inferno, Ron Howard e Tom Hanks in Venice "Seconda giornata di riprese tra i canali, tutti pazzi by Tom Hanks" In: veneziatoday.it, April 28, 2015.
- ^ Dan Brown's Inferno In: iworldview.wordpress.com, July 30, 2015.
- ↑ Film music for Dan Brown adaptation 'Inferno' recorded in Vienna. diepresse.com, March 15, 2016, accessed July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Steve Weintraub: Hans Zimmer on His Unusual Score for 'Inferno' and If He's Really Done With Superhero Movies In: collider.com, October 11, 2016.
- ↑ Ron Howard's 'Inferno' Soundtrack Details In: filmmusicreporter.com, August 11, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno In: hans-zimmer.com. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.synchronkartei.de/darsteller/183
- ↑ Andrea Wöger: Inferno - Trailer for the Dan Brown adaptation with Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones. moviepilot.de, May 9, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Inferno Photos from the Singapore Promo Tour In: comingsoon.net, June 14, 2016.
- ↑ Hannes Könitzer: Inferno: New TV trailer for the sequel to The Da Vinci Code In: robots-and-dragons.de, August 10, 2016.
- ↑ Titti Giuliani Foti: Cinema: Inferno, red carpet stile Hollywood a Firenze, tra i vip Prandelli e Favino In: lanazione.it, October 8, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno world premiere set for Florence on Oct. 8 In: florencedailynews.com, July 1, 2016.
- ↑ Livestream for the premiere: 'Inferno' with Tom Hanks! ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: cinestar.de. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno. Release Info In: imdb.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ Fergus Ryan: China Exceeds Quota on Hollywood Films amid Box-Office Slowdown In: chinafilminsider.com, October 24, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ↑ Martin Schwickert: Film review: 'Inferno'. In the race against the plague In: Stuttgarter Zeitung, October 11, 2016.
- ↑ Annika Schmid: Dan Brown's 'Inferno': Lots of codes, but no time to puzzles in: srf.ch, October 13, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno In: filmdienst.de, October 13, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno. Mexico Weekend Box Office In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno. Russia Weekend Box Office In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno. Brazil Weekend Box Office In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno. United Arab Emirates Weekend Box Office In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ Inferno. Italy Weekend Box Office In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 2016. In: InsideKino. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Inferno (2016) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo. In: www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2016 .
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- ^ Robert Langdon Movies at the Box Office - Box Office Mojo. In: www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2016 .
