Return to Glennascaul

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Movie
German title Return to Glennascaul
Original title Return to Glennascaul
Country of production Ireland
original language English
Publishing year 1953
length 23 minutes
Rod
Director Hilton Edwards
script Hilton Edwards
production Hilton Edwards
Micheál MacLiammóir
for Dublin Gate Theater
music Hans Gunther Stumpf
camera Georg Fleischmann
cut Joseph Sterling
occupation

Return to Glennascaul , subtitled A Tale To Be Told in Dublin is a 1953 Irish short film directed by Hilton Edwards .

action

Orson Welles interrupts the filming of Othello and tells the audience a story that happened to him:

Welles rides one night on a country road to Dublin , where he met Hilton Edwards about the film Othello wants to talk. At an intersection he sees a man whose car has broken down. He offers to take him with him and after some hesitation the man agrees. On the drive, Sean Merriman explains his hesitation, after taking two women with him at the intersection some time ago. They wanted to go to their house, which they had named Glennascaul - Valley of Shadows. The address was on the way and so Sean drove her home. The gate to the property was open and he brought them both to the front door, as the building was far from the street. At her request, Sean came to the villa for tea. Sean was interested in a Chinese rug that reminded him of his uncle who died on a trip to China. He once gave him an old cigarette case in the same style. He puts it on the table and the younger of the two women looks at it with interest. In addition to the dedication “For PJM by Lucy, Dublin 1895”, the saying “Until the day breaks and the shadows escape” is engraved from the Song of Solomon . Suddenly the clock strikes and Sean realizes that it is already one o'clock in the morning. He leaves, but the young woman asks him to come back.

When Sean is already on the way home, he notices that he has left his cigarette case in the villa. He turns back, but finds the gate, which is just open, locked. He can open it with difficulty, but the path to the villa is overgrown. The villa itself has been abandoned and is for sale. Confused, Sean turns back. He approaches the real estate agent, who confirms that the house has been uninhabited for many years. The last residents were mother and daughter Campbell, whom he met when they were 80 and 60-year-old women. He knows that the mother has passed away, but cannot say what became of the daughter. He gives Sean the keys to the villa. Sean returns to the house and enters the mansion. He recognizes the place where the carpet was hanging from the faded spots on the wall. In the living room, he sees footprints on the dusty floor and finally realizes that they are his own. He finds his forgotten cigarette case on the mantelpiece. Voices can be heard in the house, including those of the daughter who asks him not to go or to come back. Sean flees the house.

He finishes and shows Orson Welles the cigarette case. He adds that he learned that the daughter, who died eight years ago, was called Lucy - like the woman who gave away the cigarette case. PJM in the dedication stands for Patrick Joseph Merriman, who was the brother of Sean's father and his uncle. Sean offers Welles to come into the villa for a cup of tea, but he refuses. As he drove on, Welles saw two women waiting for a lift at an intersection and drove quickly past them. Both are confused, are sure they recognized the man in the car, but cannot believe that it was really him.

production

Return to Glennascaul was made in late 1951 during one of the numerous breaks in filming Welles' film Othello . Welles wears the Othello beard in the film, but shows himself without makeup. Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir were both involved in Othello : Edwards as the actor of Brabantio and MacLiammóir as Iago. They won over Welles to star in the film's framework. In addition, Welles took on the role of narrator. Return to Glennascaul appeared in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States in 1953, but only briefly ran in theaters.

Awards

Return to Glennascaul was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Short Film (two film roles) " in 1954 , but could not prevail against In the Land of the Bears .

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