Nikita (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Nikita |
| Original title | Nikita |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | Italian , French |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Luc Besson |
| script | Luc Besson |
| production | Patrice Ledoux |
| music | Eric Serra |
| camera | Thierry Arbogast |
| cut | Olivier Mauffroy |
| occupation | |
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Nikita is a feature film by the French director Luc Besson from 1990. This action thriller in the style of the French cinéma du look was one of the most internationally successful French-language films in the 1990s .
action
Nikita, a young woman addicted to drugs , and friends break into a drugstore at night to get drugs. When first the owner and shortly afterwards a police force appear, a bloody shootout develops in which the pharmacist, Nikita's friends and several police officers are killed. Nikita deliberately kills a police officer and is sentenced to life in prison for murder. A special department of the secret service , the center , then fakes her suicide and a public burial, while in truth she is taken to a secret training center. Her future trainer shows her photos of the staged funeral as proof, in which she recognizes, to her horror, her friends who are grieving for her. Given the choice of actually ending up in this grave or “serving the country”, she is trained as a special agent and contract killer for the state .
After years of brutal training in captivity, she is “tamed” and trained as a fighting machine and released back into life. As a covert agent , she should lead an inconspicuous life and be available on call for dangerous jobs of all kinds. She soon falls in love with the supermarket cashier Marco and has to realize that the state has only apparently given her the chance of a better life. As she desperately tries to lead a normal life with her boyfriend, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep her regular homicide assignments secret from him, leading to numerous tumultuous entanglements. When a contract killing goes wrong, the center sends the “ cleaner ” Victor to make any evidence disappear. However, Victor is killed. Nikita takes advantage of the chaos to go into hiding and start a new life. Marco, who has now learned what kind of job Nikita did, meets with Nikita's instructor Bob in the final scene. There are signs that the Nikita Center will look no further.
Remakes and TV series
- By Nikita , there is the little-known Hong Kong- remakes Black Cat ( Hei mao , 1991) and Codename: Cobra ( Hei mao II , 1992). Both films were directed by Stephen Shin.
- The US remake Point of No Return or The Assassin (USA 1993, director: John Badham ) is known in German-speaking countries under the title code name: Nina . Bridget Fonda can be seen in the leading role .
- In Canada, 96 episodes of the television series Nikita (original title: La Femme Nikita ) (1997 to 2001) were filmed with Peta Wilson , Roy Dupuis , Alberta Watson , Eugene Robert Glazer , Don Francks and Matthew Ferguson .
- The material was adapted again as a series for US television in 2010 . Maggie Q embodies the eponymous heroine.
Reviews
"Outwardly perfectly staged horror vision of a living killing machine, which, however, completely neglects the characters of its characters and in no way reflects the excessively played-out theme of (state) violence."
“Critics couldn't do much with“ Nikita ”, which also prompted Luc Besson to riot passionately and not entirely without injustice about her in those days. [...] In fact, “Nikita” benefits from an excellent, stylistic flood of images and is technically reminiscent of works such as Hollywood's Highlander or Hong Kong's A Better Tomorrow , which at the time broke new ground. [...] Now “Nikita” has advanced to become a modern classic. Hardly anyone ponders the supposed unbelievability of an unusual story anymore. That is also unnecessary, because “Nikita” works as a film, is particularly emotionally engaging, entertaining and is particularly believable within its own cinematic universe. More need not be asked of an action drama. "
Others
- Approx. 3.8 million cinema-goers saw the film in France.
- Maximilian Schell played in a minor role ( cameo appearance ) a man who informed Nikita about her last assignment.
- The name Nikita is an originally male given name in Russian
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Nikita | Anne Parillaud | Evelyn Marron |
| bob | Tchéky Karyo | Jürgen Heinrich |
| Marco | Jean-Hugues Anglade | Stephan Schwartz |
| Victor | Jean Reno | Ulrich Gressieker |
| Amande | Jeanne Moreau | Dagmar Altrichter |
| ambassador | Philippe du Janerand | Klaus Jepsen |
Awards (selection)
- Anne Parillaud won the César for Best Actress in 1990 . The film was nominated in eight categories, namely: Best Film , Best Director , Best Score , Best Cinematography , Best Production Design , Best Sound , Best Editing and Best Young Actor .
- In 1991, Luc Besson won the Nastro d'Argento of the Association of Italian Film Journalists as director of the best foreign film .
- In 1992 the film was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Japanese Academy Awards .
- Furthermore, it was Nikita 1992 at the Golden Globe Awards as Best Foreign Language Film nomination.
Web links
- Nikita in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nikita at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Nikita at Metacritic (English)
- Nikita in the online film database
- Comparison of the cut versions Tele 5 from 12 - FSK 16 by Nikita at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Nikita . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2006 (PDF; test number: 63 938 V / DVD / UMD).
- ↑ Nikita. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Nikita on filmstarts.de
- ^ Budget and box office results for Nikita on imdb.de
- ↑ Nikita in the German synchronous index , accessed on December 8, 2018.
- ↑ Nominations and awards for Nikita on imdb.de