Rendezvous in Paris (1982)
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| Original title | Rendezvous in Paris |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1982 |
| length | 104 minutes |
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| Director | Gabi Kubach |
| script | Gabi Kubach |
| production | Mathias Wittich for Bavaria Film |
| music | Paul Vincent |
| camera | Helge Weindler |
| cut | Rolf Basedow |
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Rendezvous in Paris is a film by Gabi Kubach from 1982. The film is based on the novel Rendezvous in Paris by Vicki Baum . Claude Jade , Harald Kuhlmann and Barry Stokes play the leading roles .
action
The well-protected Evelyn Droste, who is neglected by her lawyer husband, breaks out for an affair with an American and puts her bourgeois existence at risk.
Evelyn Droste meets the American Frank Davis at a tennis game. For the time being, she withstood his advances, but at a ball the following evening, she lets herself be kissed during a walk. When he said goodbye, he asked her to visit him in Paris. Evelyn's friend Marianne notices the young woman's confusion, but remains silent while eating in front of her husband Kurt. He describes Evelyn as "a bit wilted" and protects her from any exertion. Evelyn's children are looked after by a governess and Evelyn's attempts to rebel against them fail. "You and Kurt are too monogamous," notes Marianne and encourages Evelyn to follow the American to Paris. For Frank it is just an adventure, but Evelyn, who tells her husband that she is going to Gatow with Marianne , follows him to Paris for a weekend. Husband Kurt thinks she is in the country. Evelyn realizes that Frank is a seducer who is only interested in a fleeting romance. The plane crashes on her flight home. Kurt only now learns of Evelyn's loneliness.
backgrounds
Kubach's film rejects the narrative structure of the novel. Evelyn remains alone. The film language is strongly based on Alfred Hitchcock and quotes his film Rebecca in relation to Evelyn's relationship with the old nanny (whose actress Nina Divíšková looks like a double Judith Anderson ) and even copies the scene with the blowing curtains. And when the governess appears in silhouette in the door and Claude Jade is startled, this scene is clearly reminiscent of the thunderstorm night in the mother's house in Marnie .
The film was made in the Bavaria studios and in Prague and the surrounding area.