Klute

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Movie
German title Klute
Original title Klute
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1971
length 114 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Alan J. Pakula
script Andy Lewis ,
David P. Lewis
production Alan J. Pakula
music Michael Small
camera Gordon Willis
cut Carl Lerner
occupation

Klute is an American thriller from 1971 . The Director led Alan J. Pakula , the writer wrote Andy Lewis and David P. Lewis . The main roles were played by Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland . Together with Witness to a Conspiracy and Die Unbrechlichen Klute forms the “Paranoia Trilogy”, which articulates a profound distrust in the state system of the USA. Klute is less political than the other two films, but here, too, it is about a loss of trust of the individual who is left to fend for themselves in an anonymous and materialistic society.

action

Provincial policeman John Klute is said to be a private investigator to search for his friend Tom Gruneman, who has been missing for a year, as all police investigations have petered out. The only trace are obscene letters that Gruneman is said to have written to the New York prostitute Bree Daniels.

At first, Daniels is unwilling to work with Klute, so he feels compelled to put the young woman under pressure. Only when he can convince Bree that she is in danger herself, she agrees to support the investigator. Together they immerse themselves in a 1970s scene of pimps, prostitutes and junkies and come closer and closer not only to Gruneman's murderers, but also to each other.

In addition, Bree Daniels continues to work successfully as a call girl , although she seems to be concerned not only with material values, but also with power and control. Professionally, she once pretends to be excited about her suitors, but reveals herself to the viewer by a bored look at her wristwatch.

Although she prostitutes herself of her own free will, Bree's regular visits to a therapist testify that she is not at peace with herself and her life. Only gradually does the alliance with Klute give rise to timid trust. The detective saves the call girl in two ways by not only saving her from falling victim to a violent crime, but also freeing her from the social and emotional isolation into which she has maneuvered herself.

Reviews

  • The lexicon of international films judges: “Psychological thrillers with an oppressive atmosphere; a sober study of dysfunctional human relationships. Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland play economically and precisely under Pakula's masterly direction. "
  • Roger Ebert asked in the Chicago Sun-Times what was the cause of Jane Fonda's fascination. He wrote that it had "nervous intensity". Ebert highly praised the scenes in which Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland appear together. The main actors would understand and sympathize with the characters being played. This puts in the background that the film does not always work as a thriller.

Awards

Jane Fonda won an Oscar for Best Actress in 1972 . Screenwriters Andy Lewis and David P. Lewis were nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Jane Fonda won the New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1971, the Golden Globe Award , the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award, and the National Society of Film Critics Award in 1972 . She was nominated for the British Film Awards in 1972 .

The screenwriters were nominated for the 1972 Golden Globe Award, the Writers Guild of America Award, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award .

backgrounds

The shooting took place in New York from July 1970 to September 1970. Production costs were estimated at 8 million US dollars . The relationship Fonda and Sutherland had on camera continued behind the camera and lasted until 1974.

The West German dubbed version was created in 1971. Renate Küster as Bree Daniels , Rolf Schult as John Klute , Lothar Blumhagen , Jürgen Thormann , Tina Eilers , Joachim Nottke , Friedrich G. Beckhaus and Konrad Wagner were involved .

The film was released in theaters in the GDR on April 5, 1974. For this purpose, a new dubbed version was produced by the DEFA Studio for Synchronization in 1973, in which, among others, Barbara Dittus , Stefan Lisewski , Hannjo Hasse and Klaus Piontek spoke.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claudia Mehlinger: Of Sirens and Demons. In: Thomas Koebner , Fabienne Liptay (Ed.): Film Concepts 26: Alan J. Pakula. Edition Text + Criticism, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86916-178-5 . Pp. 36-44.
  2. ↑ Klute. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert
  4. ↑ Donald Sutherland's Love For Jane Fonda ; Klute in the nndb (English)
  5. ↑ Thomas Bräutigam: Lexicon of film and television synchronization. More than 2000 films and series with their German voice actors etc. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-289-X , p. 214