Joanna (1968)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Joanna |
| Original title | Joanna |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Sarne |
| script | Michael Sarne |
| production | Michael Laughlin |
| music | Rod McKuen |
| camera | Walter Lassally |
| cut | Norman Wanstall |
| occupation | |
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Joanna is a British feature film from 1968 by Michael Sarne , who also wrote the screenplay. The work contains elements of film drama, film comedy and music film. The leading roles are cast with Geneviève Waïte , Christian Doermer , Calvin Lockhart and Donald Sutherland . The film first hit cinemas in December 1968 in Great Britain. It had its premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on January 24, 1969.
action
The action is set in " Swinging London " of the 1960s. Joanna is a cute innocent from the country who finally wants to experience something, and she does not intend to remain an "innocence" in the long term. So she throws herself into the hustle and bustle of the metropolis and begins to study painting. In the art academy she laughs at a somewhat extravagant friend, learns from her fellow student Beryl how to shop cheaply, in other words: steal. Then she gets into idle circles. Finally she meets the playboy Gordon, who takes her on a trip to Morocco , where they philosophize vigorously. To Joanna's chagrin, however, her lover soon blesses the temporal. Nevertheless, she becomes more and more experienced in matters of love, but suddenly discovers herself in a gang of criminals, in which her new lover, Lord Peter Sanderson, appears, who is arrested shortly afterwards and sentenced as a murderer. As the last amorous station, a sadist appears, and finally she is expecting a child.
Final shot: Joanna says goodbye in a musical-like film at a train station with the words: "This is not the end - I'll be back!"
Reviews
The Protestant film observer summarizes his criticism as follows: “Strange young girl story in pop about an innocence from the country [...]. This English color widescreen film, superbly made and with a lovely main protagonist, could change the standards of real life for many young people because of its predominantly destructive character. Therefore only with reservations from 18. "The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion:" Fashionably playful debut film, which uses the cliché of "Swinging London" into easily consumable sugar cookies. "
Web links
- Joanna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Critique No. 45/1969, pp. 48–49.
- ↑ Lexicon of international films , rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1886