Roses from Gdansk
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Roses from Gdansk |
| Original title | Le rose di Danzica |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1979/1981 |
| length | 270 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK - |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alberto Bevilacqua |
| script | Alberto Bevilacqua |
| production | Filiberto Bandini |
| music | Luis Bacalov |
| camera | Giuseppe Aquari |
| cut | Raimondo Crociani |
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Roses of Danzig (Original title: Le rose di Danzica ) is an Italian drama film directed by Alberto Bevilacqua from 1979 . The main roles were played by Franco Nero and Helmut Berger . The film, which was co-produced by the Italian television broadcaster RAI , was released in 1979 and, two years after its appearance on RAI, was shown in an extended form as a three-part series ( mini-series ).
action
The action is set in Gdansk around 1919 . There the deserted Prussian general Konrad von Der Berg kidnaps the young nobleman Baron Erich von Lehner. After an initial enmity, a close friendship develops between the two, and the young Baron von Lehner finally takes care of the general's last will.
background
Alberto Bevilacqua wrote the screenplay based on his own novel.
criticism
“Against the background of the revolutionary turmoil of 1919, the film tries to reflect on honor and betrayal. With a pathetic-melodramatic undertone he pays homage to the soldier myth of Prussian stamp. "
literature
- Alberto Bevilacqua : Le rose di Danzica. Gruppo Albatros Il Filo, 2009, ISBN 978-8856710960 .
Web links
- Roses of Gdansk in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Full story of the film on ilsole24ore.com ( Italian )
Individual evidence
- ^ Rosen von Danzig , cinema-italiano (accessed March 14, 2013) .
- ^ Roses from Danzig. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .