Jane Austen's Seduction

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Movie
German title Jane Austen's Seduction
Original title Persuasion
Country of production USA , UK , France
original language English
Publishing year 1995
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Roger Michell
script Nick Dear
production Rebecca Eaton ,
George Faber ,
Fiona Finlay
music Jeremy Sams
camera John Daly
cut Kate Evans
occupation

Jane Austen's seduction ( Persuasion ) is a film adaptation of the novel Persuasion ( Persuasion ) by Jane Austen, published posthumously in 1818 . The grotesquely wrong translation of persuasion with “seduction” should probably make the film more attractive (see also Sense and Sensibility ).

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19-year-old Anne Elliot, from a good family, is engaged to the destitute officer Frederick Wentworth. On the advice of Lady Russell, a good friend of the family and the only person informed, she breaks the engagement, as the social and financial situation of Wentworth does not seem appropriate to her.

Like the plot of the novel, the film begins eight years later. Anne is unmarried and lives with her father Sir Walter Elliot and her older, also unmarried sister Elizabeth on the family estate Kellynch Hall in Somersetshire.

While Wentworth has been named captain and made wealthy through his successes in the Royal Navy, the Elliots are almost impoverished by Sir Walter's thoughtless behavior and even forced to rent the family property due to their financial situation. This property is leased by Captain Wentworth's sister and her husband, Admiral Croft. Sir Walter and his daughter Elizabeth leave the property for Bath before the arrival of the new tenants and leave all other matters to Anne. Anne also has to look after her hypochondriac younger sister Mary Musgrove, who lives with her husband Charles Musgrove and their two children in a neighboring village in Somersetshire.

Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth meet again while visiting his sister at Kellynch Hall. Anne has not forgotten Frederick and Frederick is still deeply hurt by Anne's rejection at the time. When they meet again, Anne has lost all hope of Frederick's forgiveness.

Captain Wentworth turns to Henrietta and Louisa Musgrove, the young, pretty and fun-loving sisters of Charles, and it is widely expected that Frederick will soon marry one of them. When Wentworth wants to visit his friend Captain Harville in Lyme Regis, Charles, Mary, and the Musgrove sisters decide to go with him. Anne is also invited to her surprise. The company spends happy days by the sea and Anne befriends Captain Benwick, a friend of Harvile and Wentworth. Benwick was engaged to Harville's recently deceased sister and suffers greatly from the loss. In Lyme, Anne meets a young man who obviously admires her, something which Captain Wentworth does not miss. At the inn, Anne learns from the landlord that it is young Mr. Elliot, the heir of Sir Walter Elliot.

Louisa Musgrove had a serious accident while walking on the Lyme quay wall, for which Wentworth felt responsible. The critically injured Louisa has to remain in the care of Captain Harville's family in Lyme, while Anne is forced to travel to her father and sister in the unloved Bath. Sir Walter and Elizabeth receive Anne coolly. They are very busy building their acquaintance with the broadly related Viscountess Dalrymple and thereby increasing their standing in Bath society. Anne finds out that Elizabeth's friend Mrs. Clay has hopes of becoming Lady Elliot. Mr. Elliot has also met in Bath and is a frequent guest of Sir Walter and his daughters. Although there was once an affection between Elizabeth and Mr. Elliot years ago, he is now obviously very interested in Anne. Lady Russell, who has also traveled to Bath, already congratulates Anne on this connection.

Anne can't forget Frederick Wentworth, but believes he will become engaged to Louisa Musgrove after her recovery. That's why she is very astonished to learn from Admiral Croft that Louisa will marry Captain Benwick. Frederick comes to Bath, where there is talk of an impending engagement between Anne and Mr. Elliot. Wentworth angrily wants to withdraw. But when he hears Anne speak passionately about the persistence of a woman's feelings in a conversation with Captain Harville, he confesses his undiminished deep affection for her in a letter. At an evening event at Sir Walter's house, Wentworth explains, to Sir Walters and Elizabeth's astonishment, that he and Anne have loved each other for years and asks for their hand. Mr. Elliot, who, by approaching Anne and making frequent visits to Sir Walter, wanted to secure his inheritance and prevent Sir Walter from being married again, has already turned to Mrs. Clay. Sir Walter and Elizabeth are left alone.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on October 27, 1995 that the details and interiors of the buildings were correct. Nevertheless, it is not a costume film, but a film about two people who are " shy " and " proud " at the same time . Ebert praised the performances by Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was " unspectacular " and " consistent ". He lives mainly from the representations.

Awards

The film won the BAFTA Award five times in 1996 , including for the costumes, for the production design, for the film music and for the cinematography. He won the Royal Television Society Award in 1995 . Fiona Shaw was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award in 1996. The film was the 2005 Best DVD with the classical for the Golden Satellite Award nomination.

background

The film was shot in England . It grossed approximately $ 5.46 million in US cinemas .

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  1. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  2. ^ Lexicon of International Films
  3. ↑ Filming locations for Persuasion
  4. ↑ Business Data for Persuasion

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