Darling of women
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Darling of women |
| Original title | Monsieur Ripois Knave of Hearts |
| Country of production |
France United Kingdom |
| original language | French , English |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | René Clément |
| script | René Clément Hugh Mills Raymond Queneau |
| production | Paul Graetz |
| music | Roman Vlad |
| camera | Oswald Morris |
| cut |
Françoise Javet Vera Campbell |
| occupation | |
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Women's Favorite is a 1954 Franco-British feature film by René Clément with Gérard Philipe in the title role. The film is based on the novel M. Ripois et la Némesis by Louis Hemon .
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London at the beginning of the 1950s: André Ripois is a hommes à femmes, an incorrigible but charming rascal and heartbreaker that no lady can resist. The French, who is married to a British and who loves the easy life, ended up in the English capital, where he indefatigably pursues his only hobby: turning the heads of women, and those women make it easy for him, too, because the nonchalant Monsieur Ripois , basically a bit of a ragged, unsafe impostor, they just can't refuse a wish. In view of his constant forays through the urban jungle, Andrés wife Catherine no longer tolerates his affairs and travels to Edinburgh to file for divorce there. André meanwhile ensnares a new woman, with whom he also falls in love, as he claims: It is Patricia, of all people, a friend of his still-wife. He tells Patricia more about his unsteady, restless life than any other woman he has seduced and that he is basically on the one hand a driven man and on the other hand just a young man in need of love and protection. Patricia is astonished to note that André frankly tells her that he would quickly lose interest in the ensnared women as soon as he had reached his goal with his seductive skills.
His previous “victims” were, for example, Anne, his supervisor at work, and Norah, whom he followed on the street and falsely asked to marry her, but immediately abandoned her when he met his mother. And there is the prostitute French Marcelle, who goes about her business in London, who has stood in front of him to protect him when he is stopped in the street to squeeze his outstanding rent out of him. But Patricia, who was warned of Andrés methods by Catherine, does not get caught up in these sentimental stories of a compulsive woman who is really just a battered, helpless soul. Patricia realizes that if she, too, succumbed to his charm, she would be just another woman on his “Don Juan list”. And so Monsieur Ripois draws his last trump card and fakes a suicide attempt. He leans against an open window and threatens to plunge into the depths. This is where the misfortune happens: he cannot hold himself and actually falls down. André survived the deep fall, but he will remain paralyzed for a lifetime. Catherine does not know that the lintel is just a failed deception by Andrés. Believing that the "suicide attempt" was a cry for help, she withdraws her application for divorce. Her unfortunate husband, however, will remain her personal “prisoner” throughout his life, now condemned to marital fidelity.
Production notes
The shooting of Darling of the women dragged on from July 8th to October 3rd, 1953, the studio recordings were made in Elstree Studios, the field recordings in London. The premiere took place on April 3, 1954 as part of the Cannes International Film Festival , the French mass start was on May 19, 1954. The German premiere was on July 16, 1954.
Léopold Schlosberg was in charge of production, and Ralph Brinton designed the film construction .
The 1930s and 1940s star Valerie Hobson gave his farewell performance in front of the film camera.
Award
René Clement was awarded the Director's Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1954 . The screenwriters were nominated for the British Academy Film Award in 1955 .
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| André Ripois | Gérard Philipe | Dietrich Haugk |
| Catherine | Valerie Hobson | Eleanor Noelle |
| Norah | Joan Greenwood | Marianne Prenzel |
| Anne | Margaret Johnston | Tilly Lauenstein |
| Catherine's father | Percy Marmont | Knut Hartwig |
| Diana | Diana Decker | Lola Luigi |
Reviews
In Der Spiegel one could read: “Gérard Philipe as a French in London, as a somewhat shabby, albeit six-time victorious womanizer. Director René Clément not only incited his compatriot Philipe to self-irony and self-accusation, but also put so much wit and nature on the fringes of the uniform plot that he was rightly awarded the Cannes Director's Prize for it. "
The German said: "With" favorite of women "is characterized Rene Clement's portrait of a lonely seducer, wonderfully portrayed by actor Gérard Philipe."
In the film service it says: “Spiritual life confession of a really poor and clumsy young man, enriched with many truths and an amusing reflection on the relationship between the sexes. Well played and sensitively staged. "
Jean Tulard found that "Monsieur Ripois" was "only greatly admired for a certain form of brilliant English humor".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Claude Sabria: Cinéma français. Les années 50. Paris 1987, No. 614.
- ↑ Favorite of women in the German dubbing index .
- ↑ Darling of women in: Der Spiegel 31/1954.
- ↑ ARD program tip on programm.ard.de.
- ↑ Favorite of women. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ^ Jean Tulard: Dictionnaire du cinéma. Les réalisateurs. Paris 1982, p. 170.
Web links
- Women Favorite in the Internet Movie Database (English)