Lord Jim (1965)

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Movie
German title Lord Jim
Original title Lord Jim
Country of production UK , USA
original language English
Publishing year 1965
length 154 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Richard Brooks
script Richard Brooks
production Richard Brooks / Columbia
music Bronislaw Kaper
camera Freddie Young
cut Alan Osbiston
occupation

Lord Jim is a 1965 British-American adventure film directed by Richard Brooks and starred by Peter O'Toole . It is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad . The first performance in the Federal Republic of Germany took place on September 3, 1965.

action

Jim is employed as the first officer on the steamer Patna. When the ship, with several dozen passengers on board, gets caught in a heavy storm and threatens to sink, he and the rest of the crew leave the ship without bothering about the passengers. Later, when the crew arrives in port, he discovers that the Patna and its passengers have been rescued by a French freighter. In order to relieve his conscience of his cowardly behavior, Jim - in contrast to the other crew members - faces the indictment, whereupon he is dishonorably discharged from the merchant navy . He sees a chance to make amends when he accepts an order to deliver weapons to a people in the remote Patusan settlement who are being oppressed by a tyrant. Together with the oppressed, Jim fights against the tyranny and is soon worshiped by them. When a brutal pirate named 'Gentleman Brown' finally shows up in Patusan, Jim tries again to believe him and he would leave without a fight. He is making his final mistake. Brown, of course, wants gold and money, and the fight starts again. Several people from the village and Dain Waris, the son of chief Doramin, are killed. Doramin demands his death and it is clear to Jim: He cannot and does not want to 'jump' again, not fail again.

DVD release

The film was released on DVD in Germany in September 2004. The DVD contains the sound in German, English, Italian, French and Spanish. Scenes left out in the original German premiere have been reinserted here, but not dubbed, only subtitled.

Reviews

"Impressive in the effort of the atmospheric portrayal, but superficial in the psychologization of its main character," said the lexicon of international films . Lord Jim called Prisma "[e] in an impressive film work [...] that offers everything a cinema lover desires: a gripping story, brilliant pictures with an exotic, dense atmosphere and an excellent cast crew, especially Peter O'Toole."

Cinema spoke of a “loud and moral epic about fear and honor”, ​​with which “Richard Brooks [succeeded] in a masterpiece that was often underestimated”. The cinema magazine also praised cameraman Freddie Young "for brilliant pictures, and even supporting actors like Daliah Lavi and Akim Tamiroff are exquisite". Finally, Cinema said: "The film was 15 minutes too long - it doesn't matter!"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See amazon.de
  2. ↑ Lord Jim. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 15, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ See prisma.de
  4. ↑ See cinema.de