Black Eyes (1987)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Black eyes |
| Original title | Oci ciornie |
| Country of production |
Italy Soviet Union |
| original language |
Italian Russian French |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| script |
Alexander Adabaschjan Nikita Michalkow Suso Cecchi D'Amico |
| production |
Carlo Cucchi Silvia D'Amico Bendico |
| music | Francis Lai |
| camera | Franco Di Giacomo |
| cut | Enzo Meniconi |
| occupation | |
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Black Eyes is an Italian-Soviet literary film adaptation by Nikita Michalkow from 1987. It is based on various short stories by Anton Chekhov , most notably The Lady with the Dog . The title alludes to the famous Russian song Black Eyes .
action
Around 1911: In the empty dining room of a cruise ship, the Russian Pawel meets the Italian Romano. Romano reacts euphorically when he learns that his counterpart is Russian and asks him to come to his table. Pawel is newly married and on a honeymoon with his wife. Romano is an architect, has been married for 25 years, but has not seen his wife Elisa for a long time. He has a photo with him that shows his family together on the last happy day in 1903. He starts telling his story to Pavel.
Elisa comes from a wealthy family and lives in a palatial estate. Romano, who comes from a humble background, married her against her parents' wishes. However, Romano has not worked since the marriage, his building projects have never gotten beyond drafts and he has got used to his wife's luxury life. Elisha's fortune is lost due to the windy business of her lawyer, which she learns the day before Romano's departure for a cure. The couple quarrel, and Romano leaves the next day without having spoken to Elisa. During the stay at the spa, he begins a fleeting affair and soon receives a visit from his good friend Tina, who immediately realizes that Romano has not remained loyal to his wife. However, she suspects an affair with a Russian woman who was still unknown to Romano at the time and who regularly spends time with a dog on the spa grounds. Romano pretends that he had to go to the cure because of a leg problem, and Tina supports him even though she knows he is not telling the truth. When she left, the Russian Anna suddenly stands in front of Romano with her dog and offers him to support him. Romano agrees, but tells her that a friend was once cured by a Russian woman. She has to say a Russian word to him - the word, собачка ( sobachka , dog), he speaks to himself until he is suddenly "cured". Anna runs away screaming when he begins to dance. The next morning they meet again for breakfast and Anna's laughing fit eases the tension. As a result, both spend more time together, even if Romano has no serious intentions. This changes when he finds Anna crying and says she is so happy. They both spend the night together. The next morning Anna left. She left a letter for him that Romano doesn't understand because it is in Russian. He returns to Rome .
Romano has the letter translated at the university and learns that Anna has fled from him because she is not free. She also writes to him that she is unhappily married and lives in Syssoyev. Romano realizes that he loves Anna and travels to see her. In front of his wife, he says that he is away on business, because Tina's husband wants to build a factory for shatterproof glass in Russia. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to get a travel permit to Syssojew, Romano finally reached the village. Here he is given a festive reception, as he is the first foreigner to visit the place. He is given a grand reception in the mayor's magnificent villa, even if he has only come to see Anna - the mayor is her husband. Anna flees from Romano, who can only put her in a stable. Both admit their love and that they cannot live without each other. Romano promises to go to Rome and separate from his wife. Anna wants to wait for him. Back in Rome, the situation has changed. Elisa has lost all of her fortune and has to sell the villa. She found Anna's letter, even if she doesn't understand it. She wants to know from Romano whether he has a lover in Russia, and he says no. He stays with Elisa, who shortly thereafter inherits a lot of money and is able to keep her villa. Life goes on as it always has been.
Romano ends his story that happened eight years ago. Before Pavel he justified his behavior towards Anna by saying that nowadays nobody waits for someone else. Pavel disagrees. He himself courted his current wife for many years, who was only free after the separation from her husband. She always rejected him, but eventually agreed to a marriage, even if she could never love him, but would be faithful to him. That was enough for him. Both men are interrupted by the head waiter, who tells Romano to continue working. It turns out that Romano Kellner is on the ship. He begins to prepare the tables for the early dinner in the hall. Pawel returns on deck to his wife, who turns out to be Anna.
production
Black eyes was filmed in St. Petersburg , Kostroma , Montecatini Terme and in the Cinecittà studios in Rome , among others . The costumes created Carlo Diappi that Filmbauten came from Mario Garbuglia and Alexander Adabaschjan. It was the last film for Renzo Marignano and Silvana Mangano . Marignano died in autumn 1987, Mangano in 1989.
The film premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in May 1987 . On September 25, 1987 it was shown in Italian cinemas. It was shown in German cinemas on February 4, 1988; it was released in the GDR on August 18, 1989. In January 1989, it was released on video in the FRG.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Romano | Marcello Mastroianni | Wolfgang Hess |
| Tina | Marthe Keller | Viktoria Brams |
| Constantine | Dmitri Zolotuchin | Randolf Kronberg |
Reviews
The film-dienst called Black Eyes an "elegantly told tragic comedy [...] Light-handedly staged and excellently played, the film maintains a stylish balance between melancholy and cheerful components." Der Spiegel judged similarly ; he thought that Michalkow succeeded in the film in “finding an elegant balance between sentimentality and satire”. Black eyes is an "intelligent, lavishly imaginative and light-footed cinema homage to the world of Anton Chekhov". “Great emotional cinema with the finest esprit,” summarized Cinema .
Awards
At the Cannes International Film Festival in 1987 , Schwarze Augen was screened in the competition for the Palme d'Or . Marcello Mastroianni received the award for best actor . The American National Board of Review named the film in 1987 as the best international film.
Black Eyes was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988 . In the same year Marcello Mastroianni received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor . Also in 1988, Black Eyes was nominated for a César for Best Foreign Film . The Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani awarded Marcello Mastroianni the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor in 1988 .
At the David di Donatello award ceremony in 1988, Marcello Mastroianni was honored as best leading actor and Jelena Safonova as best leading actress. The film received ten other nominations: in the categories of Best Director (Nikita Michalkow), Best Supporting Actress (Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller), Best Film, Best Producer (Carlo Cucchi, Silvia D'Amico Bendico), Best Cinematography (Franco Di Giacomo) , Best Screenplay (Nikita Michalkow, Alexander Adabaschjan, Suso Cecchi D'Amico), Best Production Design (Mario Garbuglia, Alexander Adabaschjan), Best Editing (Enzo Meniconi) and Best Costume Design (Carlo Diappi).
In 1989, Black Eyes also received a BAFTA nomination for Best Non-English Language Film .
Web links
- Black eyes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Black eyes. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Black eyes. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Cinema tribute to Chekhov . In: Der Spiegel, No. 6, 1988, p. 199.
- ↑ See cinema.de