Seven days in May
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Seven days in May |
| Original title | Seven Days in May |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Frankenheimer |
| script | Rod Serling |
| production |
Edward Lewis , John Frankenheimer |
| music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| camera | Ellsworth Fredricks |
| cut | Ferris Webster |
| occupation | |
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Seven Days in May (Original title: Seven Days in May ) is in black and white twisted American political thriller by John Frankenheimer in 1964. Rod Serling wrote the screenplay from a novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II .
The film depicts a planned coup by high-ranking American military officials against their president in the near future. A group of loyal followers of the President tried to prevent the operation for the remaining seven days.
action
May 1970: After the signing of a disarmament treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union , the political climate in the United States turned against President Jordan Lyman. A group of senior military officials under the command of Chief of Staff James Mattoon Scott plans a coup against the government; they choose an extended military maneuver as the point in time for the coup . Scott's right-hand man Colonel Casey learns of the plan and calls White House staff . In the seven days remaining before the overthrow attempt, Casey, the influential Senator Clark and Girard, a confidante of the President , try to gather evidence and ensure the loyalty of military officers not involved in the conspiracy. Although Girard is killed in an attack, his documents revealing the scheme are secured. After a press conference with the names of the military involved, Scott's co-conspirators resign and the coup has been averted.
background
In one scene in the film, President Lyman places the fictional General Scott in line with Senator Joseph McCarthy and General Edwin Walker during an interview . Walker had carried out right-wing agitation within the armed forces during his time as a general in the US Army , later applied for a position as governor and advocated maintaining racial segregation at political events, among other things .
Kirk Douglas , whose production company Joel Productions also co-produced, campaigned against Frankenheimer's request for the engagement of Burt Lancaster , who eventually took over the role of General Scott intended for Douglas. In the course of filming, Frankenheimer and Douglas became estranged from each other, with each blaming the other.
Since he had no filming permits, Frankenheimer shot two scenes with a hidden camera: In one, Douglas enters the Pentagon in uniform , in the other Martin Balsam (as the President's confidante) approaches the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk on a boat .
Seven Days in May opened in US cinemas on February 12, 1964 and in German cinemas on March 20, 1964 .
Reviews
The film-dienst described Seven Days in May as a "science fiction fantasy with political accents, based on the fear of nuclear war that was circulating at the beginning of the 1960s". The film is "emphasis on dialogue and rich in military strategic speculation" and endeavors "in Hollywood style to banish irrational fears" and "solve the problems with a conventional happy ending". Compared to Stanley Kubrick's farce Dr. Strangelove is Frankenheimer's film "a rather soothing end-time vision". The conclusion of Cinema was: "Intelligent tension with great actors".
Awards (selection)
- Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor ( Edmond O'Brien ), nominations for Best Actor - Drama ( Fredric March ), Best Director ( John Frankenheimer ) and Best Score ( Jerry Goldsmith )
- Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Edmond O'Brien) and Best Production Design ( Cary Odell and Edward G. Boyle )
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created by Berliner Synchron GmbH based on the dialogue book by Konrad Wagner and directed by Klaus von Wahl .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| General Scott | Burt Lancaster | Horst Niendorf |
| Colonel Casey | Kirk Douglas | Arnold Marquis |
| President Lyman | Fredric March | Paul Wagner |
| Ellie Holbrook | Ava Gardner | Gisela Trowe |
| Senator Clark | Edmond O'Brien | Fritz Tillmann |
| Paul Girard | Martin Balsam | Martin Hirthe |
| Colonel Henderson | Andrew Duggan | Curt Ackermann |
| Harold McPherson | Hugh Marlowe | Heinz Petruo |
| Senator Frederick Prentice | Whit Bissell | Friedrich Schoenfelder |
| Christopher Todd | George Macready | Siegfried Schürenberg |
Remake
In 1994, the American television station HBO produced a remake called The Enemy Within , which moved the plot to the post- Cold War era .
literature
- Fletcher Knebel, Charles W. Bailey: Seven Days in May. Heinrich Scheffler Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 1963.
Web links
- Seven Days in May at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Seven Days in May at Turner Classic Movies (English)
- Seven days in May in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ^ John Frankenheimer, Charles Champlin: John Frankenheimer: A Conversation . Riverwood Press, 1995.
- ↑ Kirk Douglas: Road to Fame. Memories . Ullstein, 1992.
- ^ Gerald Pratley: The Cinema of John Frankenheimer . A. Zwemmer, 1969.
- ↑ Seven days in May. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 21, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ Seven days in May. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on May 21, 2017 .