Reds
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Reds |
| Original title | Reds |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 188 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Warren Beatty |
| script | Warren Beatty Peter S. Feibleman Trevor Griffiths Elaine May Jeremy Pikser |
| production |
Dede Allen Warren Beatty Simon Relph |
| music |
Dave grusin Stephen Sondheim Pierre Degeyter |
| camera | Vittorio Storaro |
| cut |
Dede Allen Craig McKay |
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Reds is a 1981 film that stars Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton . It was also shown on German television under the title Reds - A man fights for justice .
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Warren Beatty plays the author John Reed , who in addition to his journalistic work is also actively involved in building socialist party structures in the USA (during and after the First World War ). The writer Louise Bryant , who was still married at the time, met Reed for the first time in 1915. Social-radical journalist Reed gave a lecture in Portland , Oregon, and she is intrigued by his idealism. He gets to know her and they both enter into an eventful relationship.
Bryant also wants to get away from the high society life that bores her. Bryant eventually left her husband and lived with Reed in Greenwich Village, New York City, where she met the left activist and artist scene. She also meets anarchist and writer Emma Goldman and Eugene O'Neill . They later move to Provincetown , Massachusetts to focus on writing. Bryant becomes a feminist. Reed takes part in strikes and protests by the Communist Labor Party of America - a forerunner of the Communist Party of the United States . Bryant begins a complicated affair with O'Neill while Reed is at the Democratic Convention in 1916. When Reed returns, he fights for Bryant and they get married and move to Croton-on-Hudson , north of New York City. But the relationship is difficult and Reed goes to Europe alone to work as a correspondent there.
Reed and Bryant meet again in Russia. Together you will also experience the days of the Bolshevik Revolution in Petrograd . After this stay, Reed wrote the book that made him famous: Ten days that shook the world .
Reed tries to bring the spirit of revolution to the United States, but is also disappointed with the policies of the Bolsheviks under Grigory Yevsejewitsch Zinoviev . After a brief arrest in Finland, he returned to Russia, where he met Bryant again. He dies of kidney disease.
The film's plot is repeatedly interrupted by short statements from contemporary witnesses who were still living at the time of production, including the teacher and peace activist Scott Nearing (1883-1983), the writer Dorothy Frooks (1896-1997) and the reporter George Seldes (1890 -1995).
German version
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| John 'Jack' Reed | Warren Beatty | Christian Brückner |
| Louise Bryant | Diane Keaton | Traudel Haas |
| Max Eastman | Edward Herrmann | Lutz Riedel |
| Eugene "Gene" O'Neill | Jack Nicholson | Manfred Schott |
| Louis Fraina | Paul Sorvino | Heinz-Theo branding |
| Emma 'EG' Goldman | Maureen Stapleton | Christine Gerlach |
| Floyd Dell | Max Wright | Norbert Gescher |
| Pete van Wherry | Gene Hackman | Horst Niendorf |
Awards
The film won in 1982 the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress ( Stapleton ), Best Cinematography and Best Director . The film was also nominated in the categories of Best Actor ( Beatty ), Best Supporting Actor ( Nicholson ), Best Actress ( Keaton ), Best Production Design ( Richard Sylbert ), Best Costume Design , Best Editing , Best Film , Best Sound and Best Original Screenplay .
Warren Beatty won the Golden Globe Award for directing in 1982 . The film also received Golden Globe Award nominations for Warren Beatty for Actor, for Jack Nicholson, for Diane Keaton, for Maureen Stapleton, for Screenplay and for Best Drama .
The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the production the rating of particularly valuable .
It is one of a series of only 15 films that was nominated for all Acting Oscars (Best Leading and Supporting Actor, Best Leading and Supporting Actress).
Reviews
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- The lavish epic combines the history of the communist movement in the USA with the melodramatic love story between the hero and the beautiful Louise Bryant. On an additional documentary level, the film reflects the relationship between fiction and authentic memory. Played and staged brilliantly. - Lexicon of international film
Web links
- Reds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Reds at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Reds ( Memento from April 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reds in the German dubbing index .
- ↑ Article on Yahoo
- ↑ a b [1] at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on November 7, 2014
- ↑ Reds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Reds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .