Sundays ... never!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sundays ... never! |
| Original title | Ποτέ Την Κυριακή |
| Country of production | Greece |
| original language | Greek |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jules Dassin |
| script | Jules Dassin |
| production |
Jules Dassin Vassily Lambiris |
| music | Manos Hadjidakis |
| camera | Jacques Natteau |
| cut | Roger Dwyre |
| occupation | |
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Sundays ... never! (Original title: "Ποτέ Την Κυριακή", awarded internationally under " Never on Sunday ") is a Greek comedy film from 1960 by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri as the leading actress.
action
The American tourist and amateur philosopher Homer Thrace meets the kind-hearted and cheerful prostitute Ilya in Piraeus . She loves men and is in her element when they follow her into the harbor, where she goes swimming. The American is fascinated by the young woman, because for him she is the epitome of classical Greece - especially when he learns of her weakness for Greek tragedy . Homer wants to convert and educate Ilya to a decent life. She lets herself be persuaded and gives up her profession on a trial basis, although she feels unhappy. Homer gives her his own quirky ideas about classical literature. Ilya likes to attend the Athens open-air performances of ancient Greek tragedies, but she always creates a happy ending and doesn't want to admit that a play like Medea ends in bloody fashion.
Ilya learns that her lover Homer receives money from the pimp king Noface, who exploits her colleagues with excessive rents. As a result, their anger and anger have no limits. Homer's presents fly out the window, and the street girl is responsible for the strike of the whores , who rebel against their pimps and put sailors to flight with mattresses and bed frames. The whores' rebellion halved the rent. When Ilya celebrates the victory over Noface with friends in her local pub, she finds Homer there, who has recognized that joy in life is more important than all philosophical tenets. She returns to the circle of her friends, Homer to the States .
background
Director Jules Dassin plays the American Homer. His future wife Melina Mercouri achieved her international breakthrough as an actress with the role of Ilya. Melina Mercouri also sang the well-known title song Ta Paidia Tou Piraia ( Children of Piraeus , German text: “ A ship will come ”). The song was u. a. Covered by Lale Andersen , Petula Clark , Connie Francis , Caterina Valente , Manuela , Nana Mouskouri , Andrea Berg , Gloria Lasso , Dalida , Daliah Lavi , Milva , Margot Werner , Charlotte Marian , Darío Moreno , Georges Guétary and Pink Martini .
Reviews
- In 1961, the German youth magazine Bravo rated the film as "mediocre and deeply immoral" .
- The film service judged: "Lively, often crude frivolous comedy by Jules Dassin: a hymn to the folklorically glorified south and the myth of the eternally feminine."
Awards
The film was nominated in several Oscar categories and won an Oscar in 1961 for the theme music, composed by Manos Hadjidakis . Melina Mercouri received an Oscar nomination in the Best Female Leading Actress category . Best Director and Best Screenplay went to Jules Dassin and an award to Jaques Natteau. He also took part in the competition at the 1960 Cannes International Film Festival . Melina Mercouri received the award for best actress there.
musical
In the same role as the harbor girl Illya , Melina Mercouri celebrated another notable stage success in 1967/68 in the Broadway musical Illya Darling . The musical was an adaptation of the book Never on Sunday by Jules Dassin, who also became her husband in 1966. The production at the Mark Hellinger Theater was performed more than 320 times, the music was by Manos Hadjidakis and the lyrics by Joe Darion.
swell
- ↑ Herrwerth Thommi: Parties, Pop and Petting . The sixties in the mirror of BRAVO, Jonas, Marburg 1997 ISBN 3-8944-5219-6 (p. 67)