Isadora (film)

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Movie
German title Isadora
Original title Isadora
Country of production United Kingdom ,
France
original language English
Publishing year 1968
length 131 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Karel Reisz
script Melvyn Bragg ,
Clive Exton
production Raymond Hakim ,
Robert Hakim
music Maurice Jarre
camera Larry Pizer
cut Tom Priestley
occupation

Isadora is a British-French feature film directed by Karel Reisz from 1968. The screenplay was written by Melvyn Bragg and Clive Exton . It is based on the autobiography of the American dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan , the pioneer of modern expressive dance . The leading roles are starring Vanessa Redgrave , John Fraser and James Fox . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the film first came to the cinema on August 29, 1969.

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The famous American dancer Isadora Duncan is an exaggerated beautiful woman who seeks happiness on the stage, in the arms of men and in the company of children, just not in marriage. In the passionate search for a stranger dressed in black, the aging artist on the Riviera dictates and writes her memoirs and remembers the stations of her life: the first love for the spirited, talented set designer and author Edward Gordon Craig , the long-term love affair with the rich manufacturer Paris Singer, the loss of the beloved children who emerged from the two connections in a car accident, the encounter with the unruly Russian poet Sergei Alexandrowitsch Jessenin - parallel to this, the successes on the stages in Paris and Moscow as well as the scandal in New York, where Isadora, as degenerate communist defamed, whistled by snobbish audiences. In the end, the dancer finally finds the stranger, lets himself be kidnapped by him in the car and dies a few minutes later, strangled by her fluttering scarf that wrapped itself around a wheel hub during the rapid journey.

criticism

The lexicon of international films ruled that the film shows the "life story of the famous dancer [...] in an elaborate, cinematic-like and exaggerated film adaptation, whose interest is above all the numerous love affairs of the controversial artist". The Protestant film observer spoke of a “story oriented towards the usual clichés”, which “à la ' Dr. Schiwago 'long-winded, superficial and colorfully spread out ". The film is "pleasing entertainment for friends of this genre" and "above average due to the versatility of the leading actress Vanessa Redgrave".

Awards

The International Film Festival of Cannes 1969 Vanessa Redgrave was honored as best actress. The film itself was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Vanessa Redgrave had also received a nomination for the 1969 Oscar award ceremony. The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency gave the work the rating “particularly valuable”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 384/1969, p. 380
  2. ↑ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1835