La Strada - The song of the street
| Movie | |
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| German title | La Strada - The song of the street |
| Original title | La strada |
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| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Federico Fellini |
| script | Federico Fellini Tullio Pinelli |
| production |
Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti |
| music | Nino Rota |
| camera | Otello Martelli |
| cut | Leo Cattozzo |
| occupation | |
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La Strada - The song of the street (Original title: La strada ) is a melodrama by the director Federico Fellini . With his fourth film he established his international fame, made his wife Giulietta Masina known and created the term Zampano . It is Fellini's last film in the genre of Italian neorealism . La strada premiered on September 6, 1954 in Venice.
action
Zampanò, a coarse showman , always shows the same number on marketplaces: He powerfully breaks an iron chain that surrounds his chest. The Zampanò needs an assistant for this performance, but his wife Rosa - the previous assistant - has died. So he buys Rosa's poor mother for 10,000 lire from the naive daughter Gelsomina and takes her on his tour . Gelsomina appears as a clown - with gestures that are reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin . But Zampanò treats his assistant badly. Nevertheless she stays with him - after all, she is completely dependent on him. The unequal couple either spends the night in Zampanò's covered wagon, in stables or in the open air. Gelsomina has to wait while Zampanò has fun with women every now and then.
One day Gelsomina gets tired of the bad treatment and runs away. On a market square she admires the performance of the tightrope walker Matto. In the evening, Zampanò catches up with her and beats her up. On the occasion of Zampanò's engagement at a circus, Gelsomina meets Matto again. He has a big mouth and constantly makes fun of Zampanò. Matto gives Gelsomina more attention than anyone before and teaches her, among other things, a little melody on the trombone. This connection leads to a dispute between Zampanò and Matto, which leads to both having to leave the circus. Gelsomina stays with Zampanò - also thanks to Matto's encouragement - although she receives the offer to stay with the circus or with Matto.
During an overnight stay in a monastery, Zampanò tries to steal silver votive offerings . This leads to a serious disruption of the relationship of trust between Gelsomina and Zampanò. Although the nuns offer Gelsomina to stay with them, she leaves with Zampanò. On the way they happen to meet Matto, on whom Zampanò wants to get revenge, whereby he kills Matto unintentionally. Matto hits the back of his head on the edge of his automobile and dies. Zampanò can cover the tracks, but finally loses all contact with Gelsomina. He secretly leaves her early one morning. As a final gift he leaves her some money and the trumpet.
Years later - he is still touring with the same circus act - he happens to hear a woman hum the melody that Gelsomina learned from Matto (the melody that keeps ringing as a leitmotif in the film). Zampanò speaks to the woman and learns of Gelsomina's further fate and death. This leads to his first real emotional outburst - a feeling of absolute loneliness and remorse - he gets drunk, goes to the beach and breaks down crying.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created for the German cinema premiere in 1956 at the Berlin UFA-Film-GmBH. Georg Rothkegel was responsible for the dialogue script and dialogue direction . Wolf Martini dubbed Anthony Quinn as Zampanò; Ruth Nimbach lent Giulietta Masina her voice as Gelsomina and Hans Putz can be heard as Matto ( Richard Basehart ).
reception
The lexicon of international film judges: "Hardly any viewer will be able to escape the intensity achieved by the harmony of all artistic factors."
In 2003, the Federal Agency for Civic Education, in cooperation with numerous filmmakers, created a film canon for work in schools and included this film in their list.
Awards
La Strada is the first film to win an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film from a selection of five nominees and not as an "Honorary Oscar".
- 1954: Venice Film Festival : Silver Lion in the Best Director category
- 1955: Nastro d'Argento of the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani
- in the Best Director category : Federico Fellini
- in the Best Producer category : Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti
- in the Best Screenplay category : Dino De Laurentiis, Tullio Pinelli
- Kinema Junpo Awards (Japan) Best Foreign Language Film
- Blue Ribbon Awards Best Foreign Language Film
- Cinema Writers Circle Award Best Foreign Language Film
- 1956: British Film Academy Award : Nominated in the categories of Best Screenplay Based on a Template and Best Foreign Actress (Masina)
- 1956: Bodil in the Best European Film category
- 1956: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- 1957: Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film . Also nominated in the Best Original Screenplay category
- 1958: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Language Film
literature
- Peter E. Bondanella, Manuela Gieri (eds.): La Strada. Federico Fellini, director (= Rutgers Films in Print 8). Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick et al. 1991, ISBN 0-8135-1237-9 .
- Federico Fellini : La Strada. In: Federico Fellini: film scenarios. Volume 1: La Strada, The Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Amarcord. Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1983.
- Christian Ferrara: About Fellini's “La Strada”. The road as a way of life. Grin Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-79501-2 .
- Dieter Krusche, Jürgen Labenski : Reclam's film guide. 7th edition, Reclam, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-15-010205-7 , pp. 533f.
- Harvey Swados: La Strada: Realism and the Comedy of Poverty. In: Yale French Studies. n ° 17, 1956, ISSN 0044-0078 , pp. 38-43.
- Paolo Torresan, Franco Pauletto: La Strada. Federico Fellini (= Quaderni di cinema italiano per stranieri ). Guerra Edizioni, Perugia 2004, ISBN 88-7715-790-9 .
- Vernon Young: La Strada: Cinematographic Intersections. In: The Hudson Review. Vol. 9, n ° 3, Autumn 1956, ISSN 0018-702X , pp. 437-434.
Web links
- La Strada - The Road in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steven Jay Schneider (Ed.): 1001 Films. Edition Olms, Zurich 2004, p. 303.
- ^ Table of contents at the ZDFmediathek . Was running on January 18, 2020 in 3sat .
- ↑ La Strada at the German synchronous file
- ↑ La Strada - The Song of the Street. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .