Snow on Kilimanjaro
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Snow on Kilimanjaro |
| Original title | The Snows of Kilimanjaro |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 (until 2007 FSK 16) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henry King |
| script | Casey Robinson |
| production | Darryl F. Zanuck / 20th Century Fox |
| music | Bernard Herrmann |
| camera | Leon Shamroy |
| cut | Barbara McLean |
| occupation | |
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Snow on Kilimanjaro (English original title: The Snows of Kilimanjaro ) is an American film adaptation of the story Snow on Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway from 1952. Directed by Henry King , in the lead roles were Gregory Peck , Susan Hayward , Ava Gardner and Hildegard Knef to see.
action
The writer Harry Street is in Africa with his wife Helen because he wants to solve a riddle, the legacy of his uncle Bill: Why is the skeleton of a leopard on the summit of Kilimanjaro ?
In an unfortunate incident, he injures himself with a thorn and a boil develops. In feverish dreams, he recalls his true love, Cynthia Green, whom he lost because of his obsession with roaming the world for stories for his novels. Even though Cynthia is dead, the thought of her doesn't let go of him.
Passages from his previous life and his mistakes run past him. Including a brief and meaningless affair with Countess Liz and how he met his wife Helen when he mistook her for Cynthia. He thinks he's a failure because he failed on the really important things in life. Is that why the leopard perished on the summit of Kilimanjaro, because it followed a wrong track?
Helen meanwhile takes care of his wound infection, endures his moods and his talk about lost love and tries bravely to restore the will to live in him until help comes. Harry recognizes more and more the true character of his loving wife. After she opened the boil in a courageous operation and after an all-important night, the vultures on the tree next to the camp disappeared.
background
The shooting took place in the studios of 20th Century Fox in Los Angeles as well as on location in Cairo , Nairobi and on the French Riviera . While Hemingway's short story ends with the death of Harry, a positive ending was chosen for the film adaptation.
Snow on Kilimanjaro premiered in New York on September 17, 1952 . In Germany the film was released on March 13, 1953.
Reviews
"Rapid episode film based on the story by Ernest Hemingway, staged with an audience appeal, but far from reaching the character representation and atmospheric density of the original."
“[E] an effectively photographed variant of the Hemingway fabric that leaves a happy ending open; not only because of that a little powerless. "
“Fast episode film, except for the Hildegard Knef scene, remarkably dense and stimulating. Symbolized positive statement. "
"Timelessly gripping, emotional drama."
"The film lacks the sharp profile of Hemingway's novella, but nevertheless leaves an impression that is deepened by noble presentation and level-headed direction."
Awards
In 1952, snow on Kilimanjaro was awarded the National Board of Review award. At the Academy Awards in 1953 , the film was nominated in the categories of Best Production Design and Best Cinematography . Director Henry King also received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination .
German version
The German dubbing was created in 1953 in the studio of Ultra Film Synchron GmbH in Berlin . Alfred Vohrer was responsible for the script and dubbing .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Street | Gregory Peck | Wolfgang Lukschy |
| Cynthia | Ava Gardner | Edith Schneider |
| Helen | Susan Hayward | Eleanor Noelle |
| Countess Liz | Hildegard Knef | Hildegard Knef |
| Uncle Bill | Leo G. Carroll | Hans Hinrich |
| Johnson | Torin Thatcher | Walter Suessenguth |
| Emile | Marcel Dalio | Anton Reimer |
| Dr. Simmons | Leonard Carey | Alfred Balthoff |
| Harry Street as a 17 year old | Charles Bates | Hans Clarin |
| teller | Arnold Marquis |
literature
- Ernest Hemingway : Snow on Kilimanjaro , In: Snow on Kilimanjaro. 6 stories . German by Annemarie Horschitz-Horst . Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2002, 123 pp., ISBN 3-499-23292-8 .
Web links
- Snows of Kilimanjaro in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Pictures for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Snow on Kilimanjaro. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier , Berndt Schulz : Lexicon "Films on TV" . Extended new edition, Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 718
- ↑ 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958 . Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 377
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 139/1953
- ↑ Thomas Bräutigam : Lexicon of film and television synchronization. More than 2000 films and series with their German voice actors etc. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-289-X , p. 319
- ↑ cf. synchrondatenbank.de