Nine hours to eternity
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Nine hours to eternity |
| Original title | Nine Hours to Rama |
| Country of production | USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 124 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Robson |
| script | Nelson Gidding |
| production | Mark Robson |
| music | Malcolm Arnold |
| camera |
Arthur Ibbetson , Ted Moore |
| cut | Ernest Walter |
| occupation | |
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Nine Hours to Eternity (original title: Nine Hours to Rama ) is a feature film from 1963 by Mark Robson with Horst Buchholz in the leading role. The historical film , the script of which is based on the novel of the same name by Stanley Wolpert, was made in a British-American co-production.
action
After his release from the British colonial army, the young Indian Nathuram Godse learns that his bride and father have died in unrest. He promises his mother to fight violence with violence. He joins a party that is in opposition to freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi , who strictly rejects violence. Godse takes a job as an editor at a newspaper and falls in love with the married Rani Mehta. The attractive woman is a supporter of Gandhi and their relationship ends because of their different political convictions.
Godse is assigned to kill Gandhi at a meeting with Indian industrialists. As he and his accomplice Naryan Apte wait for the time of the attack, he remembers events in his life. Godse has doubts about the correctness of his intention. He gets drunk with the prostitute Sheila and then seeks out Rani. When Rani rejects him again, he wants to carry out his murder assignment after all.
Police chief Gopal Das found out about the intended assassination attempt on Gandhi. However, he cannot dissuade Gandhi from the planned meeting. Rani also learns of the attack. However, she comes too late to stop Godse, who shoots Gandhi. Godse realizes that he has killed a great man and volunteers to go to the police.
background
The film premiered on April 3, 1963 in the United States. In Germany it first appeared in cinemas on April 30 of the same year. It was also shown under the title The Assassination .
The Austrian actor Peter Illing can be seen as Frank Ramamurti in a small supporting role . Another supporting role is occupied by Basdeo Panday , who later became Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago . The graphic designer Saul Bass made the opening credits for the film.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films judged: “The focus is neither on the great Indian nor on a conclusive analysis of the religious and political background to his murder, but on the life story of the young murderer, freely formulated according to the American recipe for success. Little more than a colorful adventure cinema with little psychological depth. "
Variety praised the fact that Horst Buchholz gave the assassin depth and motivation.
Awards
In 1964 Arthur Ibbetson was nominated for the BAFTA Award in the Best Cinematography category. The film award was presented for the first time in this category.
literature
- Stanley Wolpert: Nine hours to eternity. Novel (original title: Nine Hours to Rama ). German by Margot Berthold . Droemer / Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1962, 334 pp.
Web links
- Nine Hours to eternity in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nine hours to eternity. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 26, 2019 .
- ↑ See Nine Hours to Rama . In: Variety , 1963.