State affairs (1964)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | State affairs |
| Original title | A global affair |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jack Arnold |
| script |
Arthur Marx Bob Fisher Charles Lederer |
| production | Hall Bartlett |
| music | Dominic Frontiere |
| camera | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| cut | Bud Molin |
| occupation | |
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State affairs (original title: A Global Affair ) is an American comedy film directed by Jack Arnold, which premiered on January 30, 1964 . Framed by an international team of women - the Swiss Liselotte Pulver , the French Michèle Mercier , the Canadian-born Yvonne De Carlo , the German Elga Andersen and the American with Japanese roots Miiko Taka - Bob Hope plays the role of a reluctant UN foster father.
action
An apparently abandoned toddler is discovered in the foyer of the United Nations in New York. The US diplomat Frank Larrimore, head of the UN's women's rights department, is tasked with looking after the blonde baby. However, bachelor Larrimore of all people is responsible, without his knowing it, that the mother left her toddler in the UN building. Frank had previously made a fiery plea for a good life on the radio, to which every child in the world should be entitled. The little girl cannot be handed over to the New York City authorities because the UN building is international territory. Frank smuggles the little heartbreaker into his apartment in a dog transport box, as his landlord does not tolerate children in the apartments. Frank's buddy Randy, an outspoken woman-beginner, uses the baby as an excuse to invite a number of international beauties from the United Nations to Frank's apartment the following weekend.
Lisette, a UN guide who has developed an interest in Frank, is quite disgusted when the baby meeting at the apartment turns into a riotous party. Since no solution was found on Monday regarding the whereabouts of the child, Larrimore should continue to take care of the little bundle of joy. Frank is quoted in the newspapers that the baby should go to the best nation in the world, whereupon an international competition develops in the fight for the child. The baby becomes an international bone of contention between nations; numerous states lay claim to the girl. All means are used to fight. Each of the beautiful young women who represent their country begins to ensnare Frank from then on, in the hope of winning the baby over to their country. Frank finally comes up with the saving idea in solving the problem: He himself wants to adopt the baby and marry Lisette, who will certainly be a good mother.
Production notes
State affairs originated in Hollywood (studio) and on the premises of the United Nations (New York). The film premiered on January 30, 1964. The German premiere took place on April 10, 1964.
The film structures are by George W. Davis and Preston Ames , the equipment was created by Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson . Bill Thomas designed the costumes, William Tuttle was a makeup artist.
useful information
The toddler, who plays the central role in the story and is only called “Baby Monroe” in the opening credits, was played alternately by the twins Denise and Danielle Monroe.
Awards
There were two nominations for the Golden Globe :
- Liselotte Pulver for best supporting role (as Soviet Russian delegate Sonya)
- The film in the Best Promotion for International Understanding category
Dubbed version
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Larrison | Bob Hope | Gerd Duwner |
| Sonya | Liselotte powder | Liselotte powder |
| Lisette | Michèle Mercier | Ursula Herwig |
| Dolores | Yvonne De Carlo | Beate Hasenau |
| Mr. Swifter | John McGiver | Fritz Tillmann |
| Segura | Nehemiah Persoff | Friedrich Schoenfelder |
Reviews
The reviews at home and abroad hardly found good words for the all-too-standard Hope comedy. Here are a few examples:
Howard Thompson wrote in the New York Times on May 7, 1964 : "If only the film had stayed with the basic constellation and allowed the beloved clown and the tiny seductress to turn the setting upside down for his own good."
The Movie & Video Guide called the film an "unthinking hope vehicle".
Halliwell's Film Guide saw the film as "a shallow, sentimental farce that disturbingly tries to say something about the United Nations."
“The abandonment of a baby in the foyer of the New York United Nations building causes the most silly joke among member states and in the home of a bachelor who is eventually awarded the right to adopt. Liselotte Pulver plays the role of the USSR representative in this uncomfortable comedy. "
Web links
- State affairs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ State affairs release dates at the IMDb January 30, 1964 in the USA
- ↑ A Global Affair on tcm.turner.com
- ^ State affairs in the German synchronous file
- ^ A Global Affair in The New York Times, February 17, 1961
- ^ Leonard Maltin : Movie & Video Guide, 1996 edition, p. 498
- ^ Leslie Halliwell : Halliwell's Film Guide, Seventh Edition, New York 1989, p. 407
- ^ State affairs in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on May 10, 2019