Legends of Passion

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Movie
German title Legends of Passion
Original title Legends of the Fall
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 128 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Edward Zwick
script Susan Shilliday
William D. Wittliff
production Patrick Crowley
William D. Wittliff
Edward Zwick
Marshall Herskovitz
music James Horner
camera John great
cut Steven Rosenblum
occupation

Legends of the Fall (Original title: Legends of the Fall ) is an American movie from 1994. The director was Edward Zwick , the screenplay written Susan Shilliday and William D. Wittliff based on a novel by Jim Harrison . The main roles were played by Brad Pitt , Anthony Hopkins , Aidan Quinn , Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas .

action

The film tells the story of Colonel William Ludlow's three sons: Tristan, Alfred and Samuel. They live on a lonely ranch in Montana shortly before the outbreak of the First World War . As a soldier in the United States, William Ludlow had taken part in Indian wars and carried out massacres and war crimes on orders. He regrets these acts and feels hatred and deep distrust of the state. The mother left the family a long time ago, but is still in correspondence with her. Tristan is a wild boisterous boy who feels very close to the Indian "Ein-Stich" who works for Colonel Ludlow. Alfred is correct and obedient. The honest Samuel, who studies at Harvard , comes home and brings his fiancée Susannah with him. Alfred and Tristan instantly fall in love with the beautiful woman. This settles in very quickly on the ranch and stays there for a long time. Susannah and Samuel have not yet slept together and she develops a desire for Tristan. Despite their father's resistance, the sons volunteer for the Canadian army to fight for the British against the German Empire during World War I. In 1915, Samuel died from gunfire. Full of guilt and depression, Tristan takes revenge on several German soldiers by stabbing and scalping them, as he learned from "Ein-Stich" in his youth. Back in Montana, Tristan and Alfred compete for Susannah. Alfred reveals his love for her shortly after returning from Europe, but she begins an affair with Tristan. Tristan is a broken man after the war and starts a trip around the world. Susannah is desperate and promises to wait for him forever. Alfred is deeply offended and leaves the farm. He goes to town and has a career. Tristan sends Susannah a letter asking her not to wait any longer and to marry another man. After many years Tristan returns cleansed of guilt and depression. William Ludlow cursed Alfred and chased him off the ranch during an argument over the character of Tristan. Susannah is now married to Alfred, the policy has been a congressman. The childless marriage is unhappy, Susannah has never stopped loving Tristan and Alfred is still consumed by jealousy. Impoverished Colonel William Ludlow has since suffered a stroke and has barely been able to speak since then. During Prohibition in the late 1920s, Tristan becomes an alcohol smuggler and is targeted by some government officials. Tristan marries the now grown-up Isabel Zwei , the daughter of a white worker and an Indian on the ranch. Isabel Zwei is accidentally fatally wounded during an altercation with some government officials in alcohol smuggling . Tristan and Decker take revenge, including one of the O'Banion brothers. Meanwhile, Susannah takes her own life with a gun out of grief. The corrupt sheriff and the other O'Banion brother appear on the farm and announce that Tristan will murder him. They are then shot by Colonel Ludlow. The third gunman is shot by Alfred. All conflicts between Alfred, Tristan and their seriously ill father seem to have been resolved. Because of the murders that have committed, they bury the attackers' bodies at night and sink their cars in the river. Tristan, who will be blamed, is therefore forced to flee. He asks Alfred to take care of his children, which he promises. Many years later in 1963, the now aged Tristan dies a good death fighting a grizzly bear in the forest, as the story's narrator notes.

Reviews

In the lexicon of international film , the film was accused of being trivial:

“An ambitious film that is largely lost in the trivial. Neither dramaturgy nor cinematic means do justice to the sweeping story and its tragic dimensions. Towards the end he rushes breathlessly, but without narrative rhythm and persuasiveness towards the forced end. "

- Lexicon of international film

Der Spiegel wrote: "The cream of the crop of the season is called Julia Ormond." And

“No homeland film has triumphed in a long time as hearty and splendid as this work by director Edward Zwick, which is now in German cinemas - and no other dream couple will cry for each other as quickly as Julia Ormond and Brad Pitt: Also hard-boiled heart-pain-despisers go over their eyes. "

- The mirror

Awards

John Toll won an Oscar in 1995 for camera work . The film was also nominated for Best Production Design (Lilly Kilvert, Dorree Cooper) and Best Sound Mixing (Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Chris David and Douglas Ganton).

The film was nominated in four categories for the Golden Globe : For Best Director ( Edward Zwick ), Best Drama , Best Score ( James Horner ) and Best Actor ( Brad Pitt ).

The film won the Western Heritage Award . John Toll was nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Award and for the Golden Frog of the Polish International Film Festival of Camera Art .

Locations

The filming took place mainly in Alberta ( Canada ) and British Columbia .

literature

  • Jim Harrison: Legends of Passion. The novel about the film. Translated into German by Gunter Böhnke . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-404-13693-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Legends of Passion . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ a b Legends of Passion. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed December 17, 2013 . Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Weeping more beautifully with Pitt . In: Der Spiegel . No.  5 , 1995, p. 218 ( online ).