Men without tears
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Men without tears |
| Original title | La voce del silenzio |
| Country of production |
Italy France |
| original language |
Italian French |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 79 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | GW Pabst |
| script | Giorgio Prosperi , Giuseppe Berto , Oreste Biancoli , Pierre Bost , Roland Laudenbach , Bruno Paolinelli , Tullio Pinelli , Bonaventura Tecchi , Ákos Tolnay , Pietro Tompkins , Franz von Treuberg based on an idea by Cesare Zavattini |
| production | Carlo Civallero |
| music | Enzo Masetti |
| camera | Gábor Pogány |
| cut | Eraldo Da Roma |
| occupation | |
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Men Without Tears is an Italian-French drama film directed by GW Pabst in 1952 . The main roles are played by Aldo Fabrizi and Jean Marais .
action
Italy, early 1950s. Four men - the candle manufacturer Pio Fabiani, the politician Andrea Senna, who was once active in the anti-fascist resistance, the writer Mario Rossi and the soldier Francesco Ferro, once a prisoner - are looking for the meaning of their lives. For various reasons they see this life as partly misguided, partly as meaningless or simply as unfulfilled and they question it at this moment. The four therefore decide to take a break from their everyday life and go to a convent in the Vatican State. In the quiet of the monastery, the very different men want to rearrange their lives. The prospective priest Fernando is placed at their side and is supposed to give them religious and moral support. But is he actually capable of doing so, and is not he rather one of them who have come here to find answers to their most pressing questions?
One thing unites these men, whose past and present seem very different at first glance: Each of them carries a burden with one (or more) problems that are perceived as serious. They question themselves and their previous lives, they have all arrived at a crossroads and want to find out which direction to take in the future. For some of them, the Second World War seven years ago plays a decisive role: There is the prisoner of war who returns home one day and has to discover that he has been declared dead and his wife again (and to top it all) also still happily) is married; there is the former partisan who cannot get over the fact that he is responsible for the death of three people in the war; there is a candle dealer who turns out to be extremely self-centered in his job, and there is a writer whose works, so his critics find, leave a lot of mischief in the minds of his readers.
The young priest Fernando, practically the fifth man to join them, is not exactly problem-free either. Although he is firmly established in his faith, he begins to ask himself questions about his calling, including whether he will be able to cope with the future demands placed on him. It begins for all days of self-discovery and inner contemplation, which each of the five men has to cope with in different, very personal ways. The recently quite emotionless (according to the German film title) “Men without Tears” now listen to the voice of silence (according to the original Italian title), to their “inner voice” that is inaudible to others and gives them strength for new decisions and realignments in life becomes. At the end of their stay, everyone emerges strengthened from the days of rest in the monastery and returns, partly religious, partly emotionally strengthened and purified, back to the old life which they continue (fed with new knowledge).
Production notes
Men without tears , also known as Thrown Off the Track , was shot in Cinecittà in 1952 , passed the Italian film censorship at the end of January 1953 and was shown for the first time in April 1953 in both co-producing countries, Italy and France. In Germany, Pabst's first Italian production was only released in cinemas on December 26, 1958.
The then 13-year-old Terence Hill played one of his first film roles here under his real name Mario Girotti.
criticism
"In its realization, the drama is not very convincing and largely misses the religious reality, not least because of the incorrect synchronization."
Individual evidence
Web links
- Men without tears in the Internet Movie Database (English)