Mini skirt and crown jewels
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Mini skirt and crown jewels |
| Original title | The Jokers |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Winner |
| script |
Dick Clement Ian La Frenais |
| production |
Ben Arbeid Maurice Foster |
| music | Johnny Pearson |
| camera | Ken Hodges |
| cut | Bernard Gribble |
| occupation | |
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Mini Skirt and Crown Jewels (Original title: The Jokers ) is a British comedy film directed by Michael Winner from 1967. The main roles are played by Michael Crawford , Oliver Reed , Harry Andrews and James Donald . The film was produced by the production company Gildor-Scimitar-Adastra based on a story by Michael Winner.
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As a misunderstood genius, Michael Tremayne feels completely unjustly fired from his job. He wants to work with brains, less with muscles. And the fact that he always had to live in the shadow of his older, dominant brother David, who is admired and revered as a successful and competent architect , does not particularly appeal to him. Nevertheless, he is now trying to show the world how much it is wrong about him. Finally, he can win David over for his daring plan and decide the Tremayne brothers, according to their intellectual superiority, to steal one of the most precious landmarks and sanctuaries of England from the Tower, namely the British Crown Jewels .
After a series of bogus bomb threats that kept the City of London and the Scotland Yard authorities in suspense, they finally hide a bomb in the Tower of London in the middle of the Jewel Room and then call the police. Then they write letters to their bank manager and lawyer, on the condition that they do not open before the successful raid, to prove that the brothers never really intended to keep the jewels.
Michael and David now disguise themselves with the help of uniforms and slip into the heavily guarded room in the tower, where the bomb squad is located, which reports to the completely incompetent Colonel Gurney-Simms. Once inside, the brothers commit the "crime of the century". The daring theft succeeds and the whole country is stunned and full of awe for the two fearless gamblers. David hides the crown , the orb and the scepter under the floorboards of his apartment in Kensington , but when it comes time to open the letters, the jewels are suddenly gone.
The police eventually arrest the brothers. David's letter is now being handed over to the police and he duly confesses what he did. But this time his brother Michael turns out to be the smarter of the two. He, who used to be considered a poor failure, denies any involvement in the robbery. Because he never sent his letter. David is beside himself because nobody wants to believe his story of the jointly planned fraternal robbery with Michael as the mastermind, neither David's girlfriend, Eve, nor Scotland Yards detective Marryatt and so David is first permanently arrested and placed under the supervision of Sgt.Catchpole. Michael triumphs, he has finally avenged himself for all the humiliations suffered in the past and gets away with impunity - with the jewels.
Reviews
"Turbulent, enjoyable comedy that uses satire to attack all the national shrines of the conservative British."
“Unfortunately the director was not able to turn his grotesque idea into a cinematic pleasure. The connoisseur is annoyed by the clear borrowings from Richard Lester, the entertainment seeker is bored. "
Production notes
The sound is from John Purchese. The buildings were created by John Blezard. Jim Hydes and Jeanette Freeman were responsible for the makeup and hairstyles. Costumes came from Tony Armstrong. Ron Ballinger provided the special effects. Fred Hyams was in charge of production. The film was set at Albert Memorial , Kensington Gardens , Kensington , London in England .
Awards
- Mini Skirt and Crown Jewels received a 1968 Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best English-Language Foreign Film .
literature
Web links
- Mini skirt and crown jewels in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mini skirt and crown jewels in cinema
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mini Skirt and Crown Jewels. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Critique No. 232/1967