Manon (1949)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Manon |
| Original title | Manon |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| script | Henri-Georges Clouzot Jean Ferry |
| production | Paul-Edmond Decharme |
| music | Paul Misraki |
| camera | Armand Thirard |
| cut | Monique Kirsanoff |
| occupation | |
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Manon is a film by Henri-Georges Clouzot based on the novella Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost . The film was shown for the first time in 1949, in the same year it was awarded the Golden Lion . In 1950 he received the French Film Critics' Prize .
action
Leon Lescaut, a resistance fighter in the French Resistance , falls in love with the girl Manon, who collaborated with the Nazis . When Manon is supposed to be lynched by the villagers because of their ties to the enemy, both of them flee first to Paris , where they are involved in criminal machinations, and then on to Palestine . Rescue seems so close, but Manon dies from a bullet in a raid by desert robbers.
In order to reach the goal of the “Holy Land” and to bury Manon, Leon carries her through the desert and thus expresses his boundless love for her.
Reviews
“An often cold and cruel-looking film, which nevertheless exudes great power in terms of design and presentation. Exemplary for the new psychological realism of the post-war years in France. "
Web links
- Manon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Movie poster for the first showing of the strip in Austria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 31, 2017 .