Madame Bovary (1937)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Madame Bovary |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1937 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gerhard Lamprecht |
| script |
Hans Neumann Erich Ebermayer based on the novel of the same name (1857) by Gustave Flaubert |
| production | Franz Vogel for Eiko-Film (Berlin) |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| camera | Karl Hasselmann |
| occupation | |
| |
Madame Bovary is a German feature film from 1937 directed by Gerhard Lamprecht with Pola Negri in the leading role.
action
Country doctor Dr. Bovary married Emma, a beautiful, sensual woman. In the marriage with the kind-hearted and decent, but also terribly boring man, she is anything but happy. The couple moved to the provincial town of Yonville, where the doctor wants to open his own practice. The ambitious Emma only has one goal: she absolutely wants to go to Paris, because only there, she says, is life buzzing. Dr. Bovary has successfully treated the Marquise d'Andervillier, so the so unequal couple is invited to the castle of the patient and her husband, where a company is being given. Surrounded by admirers and gallants like Roudolphe Boulanger, the little doctor's wife with the insatiable urge for higher things is in her element there. The Haute Volée is Emma's goal, she wants to belong there. And so she begins to shop lavishly, sometimes a luxurious dress, sometimes precious jewelry. Soon the Madame got heavily into debt and so she fell into the hands of the loan shark L'Heureux. He soon has plenty of bills of exchange from her in his hands, making the doctor's wife open to blackmail.
Madame Bovary is also becoming more and more amenable to the flattery and advances of the cosmopolitan and gallant Boulanger, and one day they both decide to run away together. After a conversation with his steward, however, the bon vivant has concerns and so he leaves without Emma. Madame has a nervous breakdown in her disappointment. Even with her husband, not everything is going smoothly professionally; the patient almost dies in a difficult operation. He has to give up the hope of recommending himself for Paris through an outstanding specialist medical performance. It gets worse; now L'Heureux is also getting restless. The lending merchant demands that Madame Bovary finally cash her bills and repay the money she owes him. But she is unable to do so. In desperation, she turns to lawyer Léon Dupuis, whom she has believed to be a real friend for hours together. But he asks for something in return, which she is not prepared to provide. Now Boulanger seems to be the last lifeline, but he has just married and is on his honeymoon.
Emma Bovary sees herself at the end. With no prospect of help, she goes back to her husband and home. Her way leads past the city pharmacy, where she overhears a conversation between the pharmacist couple, according to which Emma Bovary and her husband are now despised by everyone in the city. She sneaks to the pharmacist's poison cabinet and, without being noticed, takes out an ampoule. Back at home, she swallows the contents. When her husband comes home, his wife, who asks for forgiveness, is dying. Any help comes too late.
Production notes
Madame Bovary was shot in the UFA studios in Neubabelsberg , today's Studio Babelsberg , from mid-February 1937 . It premiered on April 23, 1937 in the Berlin Capitol.
Producer Franz Vogel also took over the production management. The buildings came from Otto Moldenhauer . Werner Pohl provided the sound. The dances were rehearsed by Egon Molkow.
A music track was played: "You are the whole world to me!"
reception
"The subject of the novel is treated with taste and tact, the script that Hans Neumann and Erich Ebermayer wrote is based closely on the novel."
In Paimann's film lists it can be read: “While the in some ways sweetened plot skilfully characterizes the spirit of its era (1970s), it often lacks temporal and psychological transitions, only the final scenes grab hold of it. In the dialogues, a lot seems a bit dusty. The presentation, on the other hand, is convincing and moderate, Becce's background music is sensitive, the presentation, which is usually too sticky in the studio, is appropriate to the environment (small French town). (...) ... a good medium film, possibly more in effect on the female audience ”.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Madame Bovary in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Madame Bovary in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Madame Bovary at filmportal.de