Seraphim Falls

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Movie
German title Seraphim Falls
Original title Seraphim Falls
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director David Von Ancken
script David Von Ancken,
Abby Everett Jaques
production Stan Wlodkowski
music Harry Gregson-Williams
camera John great
cut Conrad Buff
occupation

Seraphim Falls is an American Western to crime and punishment from the year 2006 by director David Von Ancken . The by Icon Productions and Icon Film Distribution Ltd. The film produced had its world premiere on September 13, 2006 at the Toronto Film Festival .

The official US release date was January 27, 2007. In Germany, the film was released on November 8 of the same year and was released on DVD on November 22.

action

Ruby Mountains , winter 1868. Three years after the end of the American Civil War , Carver, a bitter ex-Colonel of the Southern Army, with four hired, extremely seedy mercenaries , succeeds in finding a former Northern State officer named Gideon in a snow-covered mountainous region of Nevada . Carver is determined to kill Gideon, whom he blames for the death of his family. One of the men paid by Carver wounds Gideon, who nevertheless manages to escape. However, he has to leave his horse and equipment behind.

Gideon's escape leads him, armed only with a large hunting knife, through a wooded, snow-covered and deserted wilderness. The wounded man initially succeeds in laying the wrong tracks, dividing his pursuers and killing one of his captors. With the dead man's weapon he escapes the almost hopeless situation. At a different time, the remaining, apparently unscrupulous people around their leader, Carver, resume the hunt, and they manage to catch the injured man again. As before, the aging Yankee captain eludes his pursuers and gradually decimates their number.

The hunt stretches for days from the snow-covered mountains into a desert-like bush landscape, where the two warring civil war veterans finally face each other alone in a bitter duel, which the repentant Gideon wins. Carver is spared and gets away with it. Gideon pulls away.

Carver continues his hunt full of hatred, following his emaciated adversary into a desert. In a surreal perception, the hostile opponents are given the choice independently of each other by a suddenly appearing traveling saleswoman, to decide on a weapon or on goods essential for survival. The choice falls on a revolver with a shot of ammunition. Finally, there is a decisive confrontation between the men. Carver is shot by Gideon, and they realize that they are in dire straits. Completely exhausted, the two march in different directions under the scorching desert sun. Here the film ends abruptly. Nothing is learned about the further whereabouts of the men.

Reviews

A number of critics received the film unfavorably. Thomas Delapa criticized: "After a lively first hour, Van Acken is satisfied with a parched end [...]." Todd McCarthy criticized: "Apart from outbreaks of brute force, there is nothing exciting or new here." And Neil Smith reproached: " Rob Roy chases James Bond in this traditional western that's cripplingly poor in action. ”To his disadvantage, Derek Malcolm and Todd McCarthy have compared the film to Anthony Mann's westerns (such as nude violence ).

Admirers of the film include Pete Hammond, who wrote, "We just don't see these kinds of beautiful, visually stunning action adventures that much anymore."

The lexicon of international films judged: “Western epic reminiscent of classic models that convincingly addresses the question of guilt, atonement and vengeance. The main focus is on the conflict, to sound out the point in time at which the demand for (self) justice turns into one's own guilt. "

synchronization

The German synchronous Film GmbH produced the German version of the dialogue director of Heinz Freitag , who is also the dialogue book written.

role actor Voice actor
Gideon Pierce Brosnan Frank Glaubrecht
Morsman Carver Liam Neeson Bernd Rumpf
Hayes Michael Wincott Oliver Stritzel
Abraham Tom Noonan Reinhard Kuhnert
Railway foreman Xander Berkeley Jürgen Kluckert
Parsons Ed Lauter Kaspar Eichel
Madame Louise Anjelica Huston Marianne Gross
rose Angie Harmon Anke Reitzenstein
Charon Wes Studi Jörg Hengstler

background

Filming began in Santa Fe , New Mexico , in October 2005 . In addition to New Mexico, another location was the US state of Oregon .

The director's debut film started with just 52 copies in his home country and could therefore only bring in 420,000 US dollars.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Seraphim Falls . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2007 (PDF; test number: 110 307 DVD).
  2. ^ "After a roaring opening hour, Van Acken settles for a parched ending [...]." Thomas Delapa. In: Boulder Weekly , January 29, 2007. Quoted from: Seraphim Falls . In: Rotten Tomatoes ; accessed on December 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Aside from spasms of brutal violence, HOWEVER, there's nothing rousing or new here." Todd McCarthy: Review: 'Seraphim Falls' . In: Variety , September 18, 2006; Retrieved December 12, 2016. Excerpt also cited in: Seraphim Falls . In: Rotten Tomatoes ; accessed on December 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rob Roy Pursues James Bond in an old-fashioned Western that's cripplingly short on action." Neil Smith. In: thelondonpaper , August 24, 2007. Quoted from: Seraphim Falls . In: Rotten Tomatoes ; accessed on December 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ See: “Finally recalls a less convincing version of those of Anthony Mann which managed realism and the mythic without a false note.” Derek Malcolm. In: London Evening Standard , August 24, 2007. Quoted from: Seraphim Falls . In: Rotten Tomatoes ; accessed December 12, 2016; and: Todd McCarthy: Review: 'Seraphim Falls' . In: Variety , September 18, 2006; accessed on December 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The kind of big, beautiful widescreen action-adventure we just don't get to see much anymore." Pete Hammond. In: Maxim , January 26, 2007. Quoted from: Seraphim Falls . In: Rotten Tomatoes ; accessed on December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ Seraphim Falls. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 12, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ a b The information is based on: Seraphim Falls . In: Deutsche Synchronkartei , accessed on December 12, 2016 (16 voice actors are listed there).
  9. ↑ cf. http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0479537/business