Jump into the clouds
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Jump into the clouds |
| Original title | Le Ciel est à vous |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 105 (French original) 95 (German version) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean Grémillon |
| script |
Albert Valentin Charles Spaak |
| production | Raoul Ploquin |
| music | Roland-Manuel |
| camera | Louis Page |
| cut | Louisette Hautecoeur |
| occupation | |
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Jump in the clouds (original title: Le Ciel est à vous ) is a 1943 French drama directed by Jean Grémillon with Madeleine Renaud and Charles Vanel in the leading roles.
action
France in the early 1920s. The couple Pierre and Thérèse Gauthier run a petrol station with an attached garage. One day they are told that they have to give up their thriving business because an airfield is to be built on the site. The couple then move to the next town with their two children and their quarrelsome mother-in-law. But Pierre, who worked as a mechanic for a highly decorated fighter pilot during the First World War, is reminded of his old passion, aviation, through the construction project. He has to promise Thérèse not to get involved in what she sees as a dangerous hobby. First, his ability as a mechanic is asked; For example, during the opening ceremony of the new airfield, he repairs the aircraft of the pilot Lucienne Ivry, who was the mechanic of Georges Guynemer , France's Manfred von Richthofen, during the war .
Thérèse, who accepted a businessman's offer to work for him in Limoges for a few months, was infected by Pierre's aviation passion on her return and finally fell into aviation herself. Pierre, the inventor of yore, is now brooding over construction plans in order to build a plane with which a long-distance record can be set. Since the lightweight construction means that a man is probably too heavy to build his new aircraft, Thérèse should now behind the control stick. He gives her flying lessons, and soon his wife is so well-versed that she can attempt the record. It happens as it has to: Thérèse and the plane are suddenly lost. Pierre is showered with accusations from those around him. He is extremely worried, but after a day he receives the relieving news: She has landed in Africa and has set a new long-distance record. Thérèses return home is to be celebrated triumphantly.
Production notes
Jump in the clouds , sometimes also called The Sky Belongs to You , was filmed in 1943 on the Bron airfield (exterior shots) near Lyon and premiered on February 7, 1944 in Paris. The film opened in Germany in 1948.
The buildings were designed by Max Douy . Charles Spaak , who adapted Albert Valentin's script, also wrote the dialogues.
Reviews
“ Le Ciel est à Vous (Heaven is yours), Grémillon's best film, was the best French film of the occupation ever. On the surface, it's the simple story of two French artisans who become avid enthusiasts. Grémillon does not hide its quirky, ridiculous peculiarities (...) The photographic style in the style of the newsreels corresponded to the discreet, reserved tone of the work and made it a forerunner of the neorealist current of the post-war period. "
“The plot goes back to a true event in 1935. Grémillion told the case in a very matter-of-fact and non-pathetic way and, above all, closely observed everyday life. Pierre and Thérèse are not hyped up to be heroes, but remain average French citizens. For Sadoul this film is a French variant of neorealism. "
"In 1943 the director initiated a French variant of neorealism, which later became popular in Italy, when he staged the story about the construction of a record-breaking airplane," Jump in the Clouds ", which was designed in a sober narrative style and clear images."
In the Lexicon of International Films it says: "Jean Grémillon, a particularly good actor director, staged this true story lovingly, amusingly and with very beautiful details from the French provinces."
Web links
- Jump into the clouds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ jump into the clouds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 12, 2015 .